<?php $t = "[FS#2685] [exception-1002539] [ERROR][.\Till.cpp:TTillForm::AppException:4152] TArtPanel: FacturiDataSet: Dataset not in edit or insert mode"; function extract_location($title) { if (preg_match('/\[([^:\]]+):(.*):(.*)\]/', $title, $match)) { $obj = new stdClass(); list ($_, $obj->filepath, $obj->method, $obj->line) = $match; return $obj; } } $a = extract_location($t); print_r($a);