How to capture the first number along with all text after it in string

[realWasabi]

I'm looking for a way to find and capture the first number and all text after it in a string.

 

Examples:

 

I have the following entries:

 

some text 23 text

sometext 21

sometext some text 120 text

 

I want the script to capture the number, and everything after it, and put it into a variable. At the same time, the captured part should be removed from the original string.

 

So the above examples whould be:

 

some text 23 text >> some text | 23 text

sometext 21 >> sometext | 21

sometext some text 120 text >> sometext some text | 120 text

 

How can this be done? I was suggested to use preg_match, but i can't figure out how to write that to do what I want.

[requinix]

Regular expressions? Take a walk on the wild side!

$len = strcspn($string, "1234567890");
$left = substr($string, 0, $len);
$right = substr($string, $len);

Consider trim()ing the two values too.