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<?php $fullString = 'ignore everything except this (text) and (that (text here))'; if (preg_match_all('~\(([^()]*)\)~', $fullString, $matches)) { print_r($matches[0]); // Get whole match values print_r($matches[1]); // Get Group 1 values }
Output for 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.34, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 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] => (text) [1] => (text here) ) Array ( [0] => text [1] => text here )
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