How to get text between certain characters?

Question

PHP

Hello!
There is a line "s2(off)"
How to get the number after the "s" sign using the PHP method, provided that the number can be any value, and get the text in the arches under the same condition? Write the number and text into different variables.

Answer 1

$str = 's2(off)';

if (preg_match('/s(?P<number>\d+)\((?P<word>\w+)\)/', $str, $matches)) {
    var_dump($matches);
} else {
    echo 'Совпадения не найдены';
}

Answer 2

php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php