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<?php $string = '{{ 1, $user:John Doe; $dgd:brat; }}'; preg_match_all("/(?=[^}]*}})(?(?!\w)\s+)\K([$]?[^[:punct:]]+)/", $string, $matches); print_r($matches[1]);
Output for 4.4.9, 5.2.4 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => $user [2] => John Doe [3] => $dgd [4] => brat )
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.8, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.3
Array ( )
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