Online PHP editor | refs for jN02c

<?php function parseTicketName($ticketName) { global $sites; $system = substr($ticketName, 0, 2); // pull out managment system $ticketName = substr($ticketName, 2); // remove management system preg_match('/^([[:alpha:]]+)([[:digit:]]+)$/', $ticketName, $matches); return array( 'system' => $system, 'project' => $matches[1], 'ticket_id' => $matches[2] ); } // 2 first characters is system, then the next letters are project name and the numbers are the ticket id $s = "ASFX10"; var_dump(parseTicketName($s));