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<?php $str= 'There must be a fast and efficient way to split a (text) string at the "nth" occurrence of a needle.'; var_export( preg_split('/([^ ]*\K ){2}/', $str, 2) );
Output for 8.0.1 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.19, 8.3.0 - 8.3.7
array ( 0 => 'There must', 1 => 'be a fast and efficient way to split a (text) string at the "nth" occurrence of a needle.', )
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116.73 ms | 402 KiB | 91 Q