Parse and split comma-separated fields and expression from a SQL SELECT clause

I've been trying to extract something inside a string. I got the follwing string :

*, bob, DATE('gdfgfd', 'Fdsfds', ('fdsfdfsd')), george

I want to split by commas outside parentheses and it is suppose to give this:

[
    "*",
    "bob",
    "DATE('gdfgfd', 'Fdsfds', ('fdsfdfsd'))",
    "george"
]

I've been trying to use explode but it cut even inside ( and ) ... logic by the function mean.

So I've did this : [^(,\s]+|\([^)]+\) but it give cut even if a commas is found inside bracket.

Anyone know how to do what I mean?

EDIT :

Ok to be very clear and direct.

I got this : SELECT MyField, Field2, Blabla, Function(param), etc FROM table Blabla

I got the string MyField, Field2, Blabla, Function(param), etc already because the query is done by multiple function class like $DB->Select('MyField, Field2, Blabla, Function(param), etc'); but now I want to parse everything between commas so MyField, Field2, Blabla, Function(param), etc become this :

• MyField
• Field2
• Blabla
• Function(param)
• etc

Here's what I cooked up, doesn't support multibyte characters:

Edit: added string awareness

<?php


$stack = array();
$stuff = array();

$escaping = false;
$input = "*, bob, [], DATE('g()d\\'f,gfd', ('Fd()sf)ds'), ('fdsfd\"\"()fsd')), ',(),() (,,'";
$len = strlen( $input );
$i = 0;
$curstr = "";
$char;

while( $i < $len ) {
    $char = $input[$i++];

    if( $escaping ) {
        $curstr .= $char;
        $escaping = false;
        continue;
    }

    switch( $char ) {

        case "\\":
            $escaping = true;
            break;

        case '"':
            $top = end( $stack );
            if( $top === '"' ) {
                array_pop( $stack );
            }
            else if( $top !== "'" ){
                $stack[] = '"';
            }

            $curstr .= $char;
            break;

        case "'":
            $top = end( $stack );
            if( $top === "'" ) {
                array_pop( $stack );
            }
            else if( $top !== '"' ) {
                $stack[] = "'";
            }

            $curstr .= $char;           
            break;

        case ",":
            if( count( $stack ) ) {
                $curstr .= $char;
            }
            else {
                $stuff[] = trim($curstr);
                $curstr = "";
            }
            break;

        case "(":
            $top = end( $stack );
            if( $top !== "'" && $top !== '"' ) {
                $stack[] = "(";                   
            }

            $curstr .= $char;
            break;

        case ")":
            $top = end( $stack );

            if( $top !== "'" && $top !== '"' ) {
                if( end($stack) !== "(" ) {
                    die( "Unbalanced parentheses" );
                }
                array_pop( $stack );
            }

            $curstr .= $char;


            break;

        default:
            $curstr .= $char;
            break;

    }
}

if( count( $stack ) ) {
    die( "Unbalanced ".end($stack) );
}

$stuff[] = trim( $curstr );

print_r( $stuff );

/*
    Array
(
    [0] => *
    [1] => bob
    [2] => []
    [3] => DATE('g()d'f,gfd', ('Fd()sf)ds'), ('fdsfd""()fsd'))
    [4] => ',(),() (,,'
)

*/