Question

I have data that outputs like this:

“Option 1” “Blue” “Tan”

It’s all on one line; it’s all in one field in my database table. (Please don’t ask why) But what I need is this:

Array
(
    [0] => Option 1
    [1] => Blue
    [2] => Tan
)

I’m trying this regular expression:

    $data = preg_match('/\"([^\"]*?)\"/', $row4['Data'], $matches);

But $matches only yields the first element like this:

Array
(
    [0] => "Option 1"
    [1] => Option 1
)

What do I need to do to get anything in between quotes to be their own separate element in an array?

Answer 1

You need to use preg_match_all(). preg_match() only returns the first match.