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  1. <?php
  2.  
  3. $input = "
  4. anythingHere \"Can you see me?\"
  5. ...random code
  6. someArray[] =         [\"Come and\",
  7.                        \"get me,\",
  8.                        \"or fail\",
  9.                        \"trying!\",
  10.                        \"Yours truly\"]
  11. random code...
  12. \"some string\"
  13. ";
  14.  
  15. preg_match_all('/(?:(?s).*someArray\[\].*?=.*?\[|\G[^"\]]+)"(.*?)"/', $input, $matches);
  16. $array_items = $matches[1];
  17. var_dump($array_items);
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 82944KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
array(5) {
  [0]=>
  string(8) "Come and"
  [1]=>
  string(7) "get me,"
  [2]=>
  string(7) "or fail"
  [3]=>
  string(7) "trying!"
  [4]=>
  string(11) "Yours truly"
}
https://ideone.com/mZgU1x
language:
PHP (php 7.3.5)
created:
6 years ago
visibility:
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