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<?php $string = ':foo!bar@cookie.net strawberry cheesecake :hello world: this is a message!'; $result = preg_split('/[^:]*:[^:]*\K /', $string, 2); array_unshift($result, ...explode(' ', array_shift($result))); var_export($result);
Output for 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.25, 8.4.1 - 8.4.12
array ( 0 => ':foo!bar@cookie.net', 1 => 'strawberry', 2 => 'cheesecake', 3 => ':hello world: this is a message!', )

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