How is it possible to use regex to separate
BCT34385Z0000N07518Z BCT34395Z0000N07518Z
into BCT343 format? I am using this for magento to break 2 types of serial number ie BCT34385Z0000N07518Z and BCT34395Z0000N07518Z into regex to just identified the first 6 characters ie BCT343.
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Answer
This is very bad practice, but because you asked for it:
$str = 'BCT34385Z0000N07518Z';
preg_match('/^(.{6})(.*?)$/', $str, $result);
echo $result[1]; // 'BCT343'
echo $result[2]; // '85Z0000N07518Z'
or if you want an if statement:
$str = ...;
if (preg_match('/^BCT343/', $str)) {
// yes!
}