Loop into the results after a preg_match_all in PHP

Question

{Hello} {my} {name} {is} {Bob}

How can I loop in all the world in between the { and } ?.

$matches = array();
$t = preg_match_all('/{(.*?)\}/s', '{Hello} {my} {name} {is} {Bob}', $matches);
foreach ($matches as $match) {
    // Should display Hello, my, name, is, Bob
}

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 03 '22 at 23:34

The captured groups from preg_match_all() appear in an array $matches[1].

To get the result you want you can just implode() that array...

<?php

$matches = array();
$t = preg_match_all('/{(.*?)\}/s', '{Hello} {my} {name} {is} {Bob}', $matches);
echo implode(',',$matches[1]);   //Hello,my,name,is,Bob

See: https://3v4l.org/TINmH

If you want to loop over the results use

    foreach($matches[1] as $match) {
        // do stuff
    }

Loop into the results after a preg_match_all in PHP

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