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!
}
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solved Custom Regular Expressions [closed]