preg_split and multiple delimiters

Question

let me start by saying the first number before the first - will be the ID I need to extract. from the first - to the first / will be the 'name' I need to extract. Everything after that I do not care for.

Test String:

1-gc-communications/edit/profile_picture

Expected Output:

Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => gc-communications [2] => /edit/profile_picture )

The best I could come up with was the following patterns (along with their results - with a limit of 3)

Pattern: /-|edit\/profile_picture/
Result: Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => gc [2] => communications/edit/profile_picture )

^ This one is flawed because it does both dashes.

Pattern: /~-~|edit\/profile_picture/
Result: Array ( [0] => 1-gc-communications/ [1] => )

^ major fail.

I know I can do a 2-element limit and just break on the first / and then do a preg_split on the result array, but I would love a way to make this work with one line.

If this is a no-go I am open to other "one liner" solutions.

Answer 1

Try this one

$str = '1-gc-communications/edit/profile_picture';
$match = preg_split('#([^-]+)-([^/]+)/(.*)#', $str, 0, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);    
print_r($match);

return like as

 array (
    0 => '',
    1 => '1',
    2 => 'gc-communications',
    3 => 'edit/profile_picture',
    4 => '',
  )