how to split name and email address in php or using regular expression

Question

I have following string:

"Test, User" < [email protected] >, "Another, Test" < [email protected] >, .........

I want following result:

array(
  array('name' => 'Test, User', 'email' => '[email protected]'),
  array('name' => 'Another, Test', 'email' => '[email protected]'),  
  ...........
)

Answer 1

Why don't you preg_split by pattern matching the:

"Test, User" < test[at]test.com >,

Then preg_match to find the name and email components, then put them in an array.

Answer 2

preg_match_all() seems appropriate:

$in = '"Test, User" < [email protected] >, "Another, Test" < [email protected] >, .........';
preg_match_all('!"(.*?)"\s+<\s*(.*?)\s*>!', $in, $matches);
$out = array();
for ($i=0; $i<count($matches[0]); $i++) {
  $out[] = array(
    'name' => $matches[1][$i],
    'email' => $matches[2][$i],
  );
}
print_r($out);

Output:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [name] => Test, User
            [email] => [email protected]
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [name] => Another, Test
            [email] => [email protected]
        )

)

Answer 3

$strs = preg_split($in,'".*" < .* >,');
foreach ($strs as $str){
$in1 = preg_match('/".+"/', $str);
$in2 = preg_match('/< .+ >/', $str);
push($out,array('name'=>$in1,'email'=>$in2);
}
echo $out;