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<?php $subject = '[2017-03-14 11:48:22] Steve T: Hi! [2017-03-14 11:49:01] Oscar: Hi! :D How are u doin? [2017-03-14 11:50:24] Steve T: Im doing great :P'; $returnValue = preg_match_all( '/^\\[(\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2} \\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2})\\] ([\\w\\s]+): (.+)$/m', $subject, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER // this groups the result nicely ); print_r($matches);

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