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<?php $strings = "Football / Germany / 1.Liga Football / Germany / 1.Liga Football / Germany / 2.Liga Football / Germany / 2.Liga Football / Germany / 2.Liga Football / England / 1.Liga Football / England / 1.Liga Football / England / 2.Liga Football / England / 2.Liga Football / England / 3.Liga Hockey / Germany / 1.Liga Hockey / Germany / 1.Liga Hockey / Germany / 2.Liga Fechten / Meisterschaft Fechten / Meisterschaft Fechten / Weltmeister"; $lines = explode("\n", $strings); $array = array(); $depth = 0; foreach($lines as $line) { $values = explode(' / ', $line); // find out how deep we have to go if(count($values) > $depth) { $depth = count($values) - 1; } } for($i = 0; $i < $depth; $i++) { // run through lines foreach($lines as $line) { $values = explode(' / ', $line); if(isset($values[$depth])) $array[] = $values[$depth]; } } var_dump($array);