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<?php
$bla = [
0 => '01-01-2010',
1 => '12:00:00',
'date' => '01-01-2010',
'time' => '12:00:00',
];
$datetime = '2007-01-01 ';
preg_match('~(?<date>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})\s?(?<time>\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2})?~', $dateTime, $matches);
var_dump($matches);