Extracting two strings from a string using preg_match

Question

I'm trying to extract two string from a string. The format of the string is as follows:

$text = 'First string here(second here)';

The seconds string will always be at the end within quotes. I'm trying to extract them efficiently. I've tried using this: preg_match('#\\((.*?)\\)#', $text, $match) and preg_match('/\\(([^\\)]+)\\)/', $text, $match)

The above expressions work fine, but I'm trying to do it in one go, not separately. I guess it's my OCD kicking in :/

Answer 1

$out= preg_split('/[\(\)]/',$text)[1];

Answer 2

You can use capture groups:

$text = 'First string here(second here)';
if (preg_match('#^([^\(]+)\(([^\)]+)\)$#', $text, $match)) {
    print "$match[1]\n";
    print "$match[2]";
}

See demo on ideone .