Split TitleCase string into a flat array

Question

I want split a string of capitalized words into an array of individual words.

$str = 'CreateTechBook'

Output:

array('Create','Tech', 'Book')

xdazz · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-15 03:01:56Z

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function splitCamelCase($str) {
    return preg_split('/(?<=\\w)(?=[A-Z])/', $str);
}

answered Sep 15, 2011 at 3:01

xdazz

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2 Comments

Great solution. Btw (?<=\\w) imho can be improved to (?<!^)

@zerkms Yep, that will be nice~

Phil · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-15 03:01:21Z

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 preg_replace('/([a-z0-9])?([A-Z])/','$1 $2 $3',$string);

answered Sep 15, 2011 at 3:01

Phil

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