- preg_match_all: documentation ( source)
<?php
# URL that generated this code:
# http://txt2re.com/index-php.php3?s=directv%20HR24NC-500nc&18&20&32&33&-36&34&30&31&12&7&6
$txt='directv HR34NC-500nc';
$re1='.*?'; # Non-greedy match on filler
$re2='(?:[a-z][a-z]+)'; # Uninteresting: word
$re3='.*?'; # Non-greedy match on filler
$re4='((?:[a-z][a-z]+))'; # Word 1
$re5='(\\d+)'; # Integer Number 1
$re6='(\\d)'; # Any Single Digit 1
$re7='(\\d)'; # Any Single Digit 2
$re8='.*?'; # Non-greedy match on filler
$re9='(-)'; # Any Single Character 1
$re10='(\\d+)'; # Integer Number 2
$re11='(\\d)'; # Any Single Digit 3
$re12='(\\d)'; # Any Single Digit 4
if ($c=preg_match_all ("/".$re1.$re2.$re3.$re4.$re5.$re6.$re7.$re8.$re9.$re10.$re11.$re12."/is", $txt, $matches))
{
$word1=$matches[1][0];
$int1=$matches[2][0];
$d1=$matches[3][0];
$d2=$matches[4][0];
$c1=$matches[5][0];
$int2=$matches[6][0];
$d3=$matches[7][0];
$d4=$matches[8][0];
print "($word1) ($int1) ($d1) ($d2) ($c1) ($int2) ($d3) ($d4) \n";
}else{
echo "no match";
}
?>