Explode string at any integer and delete the integer

Question

Example:

$string = "Apple0Bannana0Bannana1Cherry0";

What I need from said string:

Array(
[0] => Apple
[1] => Banana
[2] => Banana
[3] => Cherry
)

Something likely using preg_replace and/or explode, but I am not quite sure.

Problem is, there could be any int there between 0 and 49, so I am not sure how to get it to explode dynamically.

I think by explode you mean "split". If you do some searching for the php split function this may help. — nbryans
– nbryans, Commented Jun 17, 2016 at 1:35
Unfortunately split has been removed as of PHP 7, but I did look into that a bit as well. — Pasquale Crea
– Pasquale Crea, Commented Jun 17, 2016 at 1:39

Pinke Helga · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-17 01:46:49Z

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var_dump( preg_split('~\d+~', preg_replace('~^\d+|\d+$~', '', $string)) );

First remove numbers at the start and end of the string, then split by one or more digits.

Thanks @Rizier123 for the hint for improvement:

var_dump( preg_split('~\d+~', $string, null, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY) );

answered Jun 17, 2016 at 1:38

Pinke Helga

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3 Comments

Take a look at the fourth parameter of preg_split()

Thanks @Rizier123 ! Added your hint.

This worked perfectly! Thank you so much! Quasimodo and Rizier!