php - regex to array in parentheses -

php - regex to array in parentheses -

hello have question having issue find solution works

basically in string have text

anim(10, <-0.016, -0.006, 0.217>, <0.000, 0.000, 0.707, 0.707>, <0.016, 0.010, 0.012>);

what looking accomplish break downwards array

something

array( 0 => 'anim', 1 => '10', 2 => '<-0.016, -0.006, 0.217>', 3 => '<0.000, 0.000, 0.707, 0.707>', 4 => '<0.016, 0.010, 0.012>' );

so can prepare info send script utilize have special functions create easier users use.

hope can help far managed to break downwards 2 arrays need them on each line of array can run loops prepare data

stephen

you can utilize regex in preg_match_all:

(<[^>]*>|\w+)

code:

$re = '/(<[^>]*>|\w+)/'; $str = "anim(10, <-0.016, -0.006, 0.217>, <0.000, 0.000, 0.707, 0.707>, <0.016, 0.010, 0.012>);"; preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches); regex demo

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