splitting string with regular expression in php using preg_split

Question

I am looking for a regular expression (using preg_split()) that can be used to split the following string:

hello<span id="more-32"></span>world

Desired result:

$var[0]=hello 
$var[1]=world

I tried using this code put it didn't work

preg_split('/<span id="more-\d+"></span>/','hello<span id="more-32"></span>world')

because i need the result to be back in array and i need to know what is before the span and what is after it — Mohamed Abd El Rahman
– Mohamed Abd El Rahman, Commented Sep 13, 2013 at 18:31

Programmer.zip · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-13 18:01:29Z

1

First: You should escape the fore slash by a backslash.

Second: You should put the semicolon at the end of code.

This will work:

    <?php
    $string = 'hello<span id="more-32"></span>world';
    $pattern = '/<span id="more-\d+"><\/span>/';

    $out = preg_split($pattern,$string);

?>

Print the splitted string:

    foreach ($out as $value) {
    echo $value . '<br />'; 
}

Output:

hello
world

or:

print_r($out);

Output:

Array (
     [0] => hello 
     [1] => world 
)

edited Sep 13, 2013 at 18:01

answered Sep 13, 2013 at 17:54

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