Question

Hi I have some input like so:

$string = "0°25'30"S, 91°7'W"

I want formulate a regex expression in php which captures the individual elements so that I end up with:

$position_array = array([0] => 0 [1] => 25 [2] => 30 [3] => S [4] => 91 [0] => 7 [0] => W)

Any help would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

Off of the top of my head, I would try this:

$array = array_filter(preg_split("/[^A-Za-z0-9]/",$string), function ($segment) {
    return strlen(trim($segment));
});