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  1. <?php
  2. $v = "key: [value1, value2, value3]";
  3. $pattern = "/([^\s:]+)\s*:\s*\[([^\]]*)\]/";
  4.  
  5. preg_match($pattern, $v, $matches);
  6. $matches[2] = preg_split("/,\s*/", $matches[2]);
  7.  
  8. echo("key: " . $matches[1] . "\n");
  9. echo("values: ");
  10. var_dump($matches[2]);
  11. ?>
  12.  
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key: key
values: array(3) {
  [0]=>
  string(6) "value1"
  [1]=>
  string(6) "value2"
  [2]=>
  string(6) "value3"
}
https://ideone.com/73YZJm
Illustration of answer to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16880104/regular-expression-matching-pattern-for-0-or-more-occurrences.
language:
PHP (php 7.3.5)
created:
12 years ago
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