What is the php regular expression to get everything before a certain character?

[kanch33]

For instance, I have the following string:

 

table:column

 

I need to get "table" as the result of the php regular expression.

 

So, I need everything before the ":" symbol

 

After that regular expression is performed, I would also like to get everything after the ":" symbol, or "column" as well.

[mattal999]

Could just explode by ":". Example:

 

<?php

$string = "table:column";
$exploded = explode(":", $string);
$table = $exploded[0];
$column = $exploded[1];

?>

[premiso]

explode

 

$string = "table:column";
list($table, $column) = explode(":", $string);

echo $table . " " . $column;

 

Will hopefully get you started.

 

EDIT:

Still posting as I used the list and is a different method to accomplish what the user wants