PHP Explode from first number (integer)

Question

I want to explode some test with first number (integer) in it . Here are some words .

Avant Browser 2013 Build 110

Firefox 23.0 Beta 10

Google Chrome 29.0.1547.41 Beta

i am trying this but its not working.

$in ='Avant Browser 2013 Build 110';

preg_match("/\d[^A-Za-z]+([A-Za-z\s]+)/", $in, $match);

echo $match[0];

Output needed is :-

Avant Browser

Firefox

Google Chrome

Please help

Sergio · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-03 08:54:04Z

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Try this regex:

^.*?(?=\d)    //start lookup from linestart, get all symbols before first number occurance

answered Aug 3, 2013 at 8:54

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Harinder Over a year ago

waiting 2 mint more .. as system request ;)

invisal Over a year ago

Noted that this will not work if there is no number. For example: "Google Chrome" <-- not match.

Sergio Over a year ago

@invisal depends on task and requirements. Your solution works as well but matches whitespace strings :)

invisal Over a year ago

@Sergio, don't get me wrong. I am not complaining about your solution. I just want to give some extra information to OP. From OP sample data, he probably want to get only browser name and there is chance that there is some browser name without version number.

invisal · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-03 08:58:28Z

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Try this regex:

^[^0-9]+    // get all non-numeric character and stop when it meets numeric character..

answered Aug 3, 2013 at 8:58

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Ivan Buttinoni · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-03 08:58:09Z

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Here usng preg_match_all

$txt =<<<EOT
Avant Browser 2013 Build 110
Firefox 23.0 Beta 10
Google Chrome 29.0.1547.41 Beta
EOT;

preg_match_all('/^([^0-9]*)/m',$txt,$match);

var_dump($match);

answered Aug 3, 2013 at 8:58

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