split my format, please!

[alonso]

Hi!

Could you help to split this string with preg_match ?

 

$str ="Name Surname (Comment Variable) <email>"

 

$string1 = "Name Surname" ;

$string2 = "Comment Variable" ;

$string3= "email"

 

Thanks in advance!

 

[rhodesa]

<?php
$str ="Name Surname (Comment Variable) <email>"; 
preg_match('/(.+?)\s+\(([^)]+)\)\s+<([^>]+)>/',$str,$matches);
list(,$string1,$string2,$string3) = $matches;
?>

[alonso]

Thank you very much!

 

and.. what if the "(Comment)" is optional in the string?

 

 

[rhodesa]

preg_match('/(.+?)\s+(?:\(([^)]+)\)\s+)?<([^>]+)>/',$str,$matches);
list(,$string1,$string2,$string3) = $matches;

[alonso]

Thanks again!

 

You are so kind!