Get non-numeric characters then number on each line of a block of texf
preg_match(‘/[^\d]+/’, $string, $textMatch); preg_match(‘/\d+/’, $string, $numMatch); $text = $textMatch[0]; $num = $numMatch[0]; Alternatively, you can use preg_match_all with capture groups to do it all in one shot: preg_match_all(‘/^([^\d]+)(\d+)/’, $string, $match); $text = $match[1][0]; $num = $match[2][0];