function - How to grab number after a word or symbol in PHP? -

i want grab text php example, there data "the apple=10" , want grab only numbers data looks that. mean, number's place after 'equals'.

and problem number source can 2 or 3 characters or on other word inconstant.

please me solve them :)

$string = "apple=10 | orange=3 | banana=7"; $elements = explode("|", $string); $values = array(); foreach($elements $element) {     $element = trim($element);     $val_array = explode("=", $element);     $values[$val_array[0]] = $val_array[1]; }  var_dump($values); 

output:

array(3) {      ["apple"]=> string(2) "10"      ["orange"]=> string(1) "3"      ["banana"]=> string(1) "7"  } 

hope thats how need :)