How to split value from string and get in variables?

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#1

I tried to split value from string. How to do it in php?

$data = “1-2021, 2-2018, 3-2022”;
Output should be,
var1= “1,2,3”
var2 = “2018,2022,2022”

#2

I’d use explode() to put it in an array, then spin through that array and use explode on each element breaking on the - to get the 2 elements, and then add each one to separate $var1Array and $var2Array. Finally, I’d use implode() on each of those arrays to create $var1 and$var2.

There may be easier ways to do it but off the top of my head I can see how that would work.

Cheers! :slight_smile:
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#3

hi, there is a better way to do that with preg_match_all()

<?php

$str = "1-2021, 2-2018, 3-2022, 12-2022";
$exp = "/([0-9]{1,2})-{1}([0-9]{4})/";
preg_match_all($exp, $str, $matches);

$var1 = join(",", $matches[1]);
$var2 = join(",", $matches[2]);
echo "var1 = {$var1}\n";
echo "var2 = {$var2}\n";
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