Use PHP for splitting on spaces and brackets

Question

I have this string in $s:

ben say (#yellow) hey

At the moment I\'m using:

$parts = array_filter(preg_sp         


        

Answer 1

Well you can try this replacement:

$s = str_replace(array('(', ')'), array('( ', ' )'), $s);
$parts = array_filter(preg_split('/\s+/', $s));

The trick here is to add a space between your ( and the word so that it gets splitted. However, it will only work specific to your example. Things like (( might cause some unwanted results. If so you can try using preg_replace instead.