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    copied!<p>I tried it locally and it was the same as you described, I have <code>PHP 5.2.10-2ubuntu6</code>.</p> <p><strong>First try</strong>, I removed <code>"(?P&lt;comments&gt;.*)",</code> of your pattern:</p> <pre><code>$line='"HA035028","Hursley Road - Leigh House Hospital","","HURSLEY","52 58.3498N","1 26.5421W","","","24","","","","iiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipii",'; $r=preg_match('/^"(?P&lt;code&gt;.+)","(?P&lt;description&gt;.+)","(?P&lt;bay&gt;.*)","(?P&lt;area&gt;.+)","(?P&lt;lat&gt;.+)","(?P&lt;lon&gt;.+)","(?P&lt;build&gt;.*)","(?P&lt;msgTime&gt;.*)","(?P&lt;routes&gt;.*)","(?P&lt;simNo&gt;.*)","(?P&lt;displayType&gt;.*)","(?P&lt;version&gt;.*)",$/', $line, $matches); var_dump($r, $matches); </code></pre> <p>Output:</p> <pre><code>int(1) array(25) { [0]=&gt; string(169) ""HA035028","Hursley Road - Leigh House Hospital","","HURSLEY","52 58.3498N","1 26.5421W","","","24","","","","iiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipii"," ["code"]=&gt; string(8) "HA035028" [1]=&gt; string(8) "HA035028" ["description"]=&gt; string(35) "Hursley Road - Leigh House Hospital" [2]=&gt; string(35) "Hursley Road - Leigh House Hospital" ["bay"]=&gt; string(0) "" [3]=&gt; string(0) "" ["area"]=&gt; string(7) "HURSLEY" [4]=&gt; string(7) "HURSLEY" ["lat"]=&gt; string(11) "52 58.3498N" [5]=&gt; string(11) "52 58.3498N" ["lon"]=&gt; string(13) "1 26.5421W","" [6]=&gt; string(13) "1 26.5421W","" ["build"]=&gt; string(0) "" [7]=&gt; string(0) "" ["msgTime"]=&gt; string(2) "24" [8]=&gt; string(2) "24" ["routes"]=&gt; string(0) "" [9]=&gt; string(0) "" ["simNo"]=&gt; string(0) "" [10]=&gt; string(0) "" ["displayType"]=&gt; string(0) "" [11]=&gt; string(0) "" ["version"]=&gt; string(57) "iiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipii" [12]=&gt; string(57) "iiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipii" } </code></pre> <p>Note that <code>&lt;version&gt;</code> now matches the last field, while <code>&lt;lon&gt;</code> matches two field</p> <hr> <p><strong>Second Try</strong>; I replaced every <code>.</code> occurrence with <code>[^"]</code>:</p> <pre><code>$line='"HA035028","Hursley Road - Leigh House Hospital","","HURSLEY","52 58.3498N","1 26.5421W","","","24","","","","iiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipii",'; $r=preg_match('/^"(?P&lt;code&gt;[^"]+)","(?P&lt;description&gt;[^"]+)","(?P&lt;bay&gt;[^"]*)","(?P&lt;area&gt;[^"]+)","(?P&lt;lat&gt;[^"]+)","(?P&lt;lon&gt;[^"]+)","(?P&lt;build&gt;[^"]*)","(?P&lt;msgTime&gt;[^"]*)","(?P&lt;routes&gt;[^"]*)","(?P&lt;simNo&gt;[^"]*)","(?P&lt;displayType&gt;[^"]*)","(?P&lt;version&gt;[^"]*)","(?P&lt;comments&gt;[^"]*)",$/', $line, $matches); </code></pre> <p>Output:</p> <pre><code>int(1) array(27) { [0]=&gt; string(169) ""HA035028","Hursley Road - Leigh House Hospital","","HURSLEY","52 58.3498N","1 26.5421W","","","24","","","","iiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipii"," ["code"]=&gt; string(8) "HA035028" [1]=&gt; string(8) "HA035028" ["description"]=&gt; string(35) "Hursley Road - Leigh House Hospital" [2]=&gt; string(35) "Hursley Road - Leigh House Hospital" ["bay"]=&gt; string(0) "" [3]=&gt; string(0) "" ["area"]=&gt; string(7) "HURSLEY" [4]=&gt; string(7) "HURSLEY" ["lat"]=&gt; string(11) "52 58.3498N" [5]=&gt; string(11) "52 58.3498N" ["lon"]=&gt; string(10) "1 26.5421W" [6]=&gt; string(10) "1 26.5421W" ["build"]=&gt; string(0) "" [7]=&gt; string(0) "" ["msgTime"]=&gt; string(0) "" [8]=&gt; string(0) "" ["routes"]=&gt; string(2) "24" [9]=&gt; string(2) "24" ["simNo"]=&gt; string(0) "" [10]=&gt; string(0) "" ["displayType"]=&gt; string(0) "" [11]=&gt; string(0) "" ["version"]=&gt; string(0) "" [12]=&gt; string(0) "" ["comments"]=&gt; string(57) "iiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipii" [13]=&gt; string(57) "iiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipiiiipii" } </code></pre>
 

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