php regex for two number strings within a string

Question

I have the following

$data = "REFERENCE # 563005"
preg_match("/\d+/i", $data, $matches)
// $matches[0] will be set to 563005 with the above preg_match, however...

$data might be equal to "REFERENCE # 563005 & 563009 & 563125". In these cases, I need a regex to retrieve each instance of a number. So, doing a preg_match would set

$data = "REFERENCE # 563005 & 563009 & 563125"
preg_match("NEED REGEX", $data, $matches)
// $matches[0] would equal 563005, 
// $matches[1] would equal 563009, 
// $matches[2] would equal 563125,

Depending on how many numers are in the string. These numbers may be of any length and there may be up to 10-20 of these numbers in the data string.

[\d]+[\D] i think would work, but you might have to remove the last character of the returned strinf — Chrisi
– Chrisi, Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 14:02

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-24 13:59:34Z

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Instead of preg_match you need preg_match_all to match all the numbers in your input:

preg_match_all('/\d+/', $data, $matches);

answered Jul 24, 2014 at 13:59

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2 Comments

Angelo Over a year ago

That did it, will accept your answer when SO lets me. Good to know there is a function built in to handle this.

zx81 Over a year ago

Short and sweet, +1. @Angelo please remember to click the checkmark. :)

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