I have been trying to create a regex expression which only selects the whitespace between numbers, which preg_split can split.
For example:
$string = "Unit 54 981 Mayne Street";
Would return as:
array() {
[0]=> "Unit 54"
[1]=> "981 Mayne Street"
}
I have had no luck so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Try using lookaround assertions, like this:
$result = preg_split('/(?<=\d)\s+(?=\d)/', $string);
This will match any sequence of one or more whitespace characters that are immediately preceded and followed by a digit character. It produces this array:
Array (
[0] => "Unit 54"
[1] => "981 Mayne Street"
)