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Asked: 2026-06-03T04:55:58+00:00

I do have a var like this: $mail_from = Firstname Lastname <email@domain.com>; I would

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I do have a var like this:

$mail_from = "Firstname Lastname <email@domain.com>";

I would like to receive either an 

array(name=>"firstname lastname", email=>"email@domain.com")
or 
the values in two separate vars ($name = "...", $email = "...")

I have been playing around with preg_replace but somehow do not get it done …

Did extensive search but did not find a way to get this done.

This is the closest I got:

$str = 'My First Name <email@domain.com>';
preg_match('~(?:"([^"]*)")?\s*(.*)~',$str,$var);
print_r($var);
echo "<br>Name: ".$var[0];
echo "<br>Mail: ".$var[2];

How do I get “email@domain.com” into $var[‘x]?

Thank you.

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  1. Editorial Team

    This works for your example and should always work, when the email is within angle brackets.

    $str = 'My First Name <email@domain.com>';
preg_match('~(?:([^<]*?)\s*)?<(.*)>~', $str, $var);
print_r($var);
echo "<br>Name: ".$var[1];
echo "<br>Mail: ".$var[2];

    Explanation:

    (?:([^<]*?)\s*)? matches optionally everything that is not a < and everything except the trailing whitespace is stored in group 1.

    <(.*)> matches something between angle brackets and store it in group 2.

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