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<?php $line = "HELLO WORLD HOW ARE YOU I AM JUST FINE THANKS"; var_dump(regex_split($line)); function regex_split(string $line) : array { preg_match('/(.{9})(.{20})(.*)/s', $line, $m); array_shift($m); return $m; }
Output for 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.20, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.16 - 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 - 8.3.7
array(3) { [0]=> string(9) "HELLO " [1]=> string(20) "WORLD HOW ARE YOU " [2]=> string(21) "I AM JUST FINE THANKS" }

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