[SOLVED] would preg_replace be easiest for this?

[scarhand]

say i have a string like this:

 

"joe samson is an elf - rpg gamers"

 

and i want to get "joe samson" and "an elf" out of the string

 

so

$name = "joe samson"

$class = "an elf"

 

now the name and the class will vary. also, they could be more than 1 or 2 words in length each.

 

i need help extracting this:

 

"(a) is (b) - rpg gamers"

 

$name = (a)

$class = (b)

 

would preg_replace be best for this? can i get some examples?

[DarkWater]

preg_match().

 

<?php
$matches = array();
$str = "joe samson is an elf - rpg gamers";
preg_match('$([a-z ]+) is ([a-z ]+) - rpg gamers$i', $str, $matches);
print_r($matches);

[scarhand]

thank you sir

[DarkWater]

Any time.