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Asked: 2026-05-16T14:42:08+00:00

I need to be able to split a string that contains email’s From information.

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I need to be able to split a string that contains email’s From information. From the string I need to extract $NAME and $EMAIL or whatever is available.

The string can be in the following formats:

"Santa Clause" <santa@example.com>

Santa Clause <santa@example.com>

<santa@example.com>
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    $string_to_check = '"Santa Clause" <santa@npole.com>'
$matches = array();
preg_match('/?([^<"]*)"?\s*<(\S*)>/',$string_to_check,$matches);
$matches[1] //=> Santa Claus
$matches[2] //=> santa@npole.com
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