I want to explode a variable in a little different way

Question

I have this variable.

$var = \"A,B,C,D,\'1,2,3,4,5,6\',E,F\";

I want to explode it so that I get the following array.

array(
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Answer 1

Simply use preg_match_all with the following regex as follows

preg_match_all("/(?<=').*(?=')|\w+/",$var,$m);
print_r($m[0]);

Regex Explanation :

• (?<=').*(?=') Capture each and every character within '(quotes)
• |\w+ |(OR) Will grab rest of the characters except ,

Demo

Regex