So I have this regex - regex101:
\[shortcode ([^ ]*)(?:[ ]?([^ ]*)="([^"]*)")*\]
Trying to match on this string
[shortcode contact param1="test 2" param2="test1"]
Right now, the regex matches this:
[contact, param2, test1]
I would like it to match this:
[contact, param1, test 2, param2, test1]
How can I get regex to match the first instance of the parameters pattern, rather than just the last?
You may use
'~(?:\G(?!^)\s+|\[shortcode\s+(\S+)\s+)([^\s=]+)="([^"]*)"~'
See the regex demo
Details
(?:\G(?!^)\s+|\[shortcode\s+(\S+)\s+) - either the end of the previous match and 1+ whitespaces right after (\G(?!^)\s+) or (|)
\[shortcode - literal string\s+ - 1+ whitespaces(\S+) - Group 1: one or more non-whitespace chars\s+ - 1+ whitespaces([^\s=]+) - Group 2: 1+ chars other than whitespace and ==" - a literal substring([^"]*) - Group 3: any 0+ chars other than "" - a " char.$re = '~(?:\G(?!^)\s+|\[shortcode\s+(\S+)\s+)([^\s=]+)="([^"]*)"~';
$str = '[shortcode contact param1="test 2" param2="test1"]';
$res = [];
if (preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER, 0)) {
foreach ($matches as $m) {
array_shift($m);
$res = array_merge($res, array_filter($m));
}
}
print_r($res);
// => Array( [0] => contact [1] => param1 [2] => test 2 [3] => param2 [4] => test1 )