breakapart.php

/**
 * breakapart
 *
 * @return array
 * @author Shelby Munsch
 **/
function breakapart(string $combinedstring)
{
	$return = array("name", "email");
	
	// match only the email address
	$email = preg_match("[A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}", $combinedstring);
	
	// strips the email address and any left over quotes from the string. what's left should be just the name
	$name = preg_replace("\"", "", preg_replace("(<)?[A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}(>)?", "", $combinedstring));
	
	$return['name']  = $name;
	$return['email'] = $email;
	return $return;
}