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<?php $sitelist = 'SC001rug,SC002nw,SC003nrge'; $siteId = preg_quote('SC001', '/'); $regex = "/$siteId\K[^\s,]+/"; if (preg_match($regex, $sitelist, $matches)) { var_export($matches); } else { echo "no match"; }

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