php - Capture separately if there is a comma, capture it as a whole if there is not RegEx

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Undefined answered · Answer 1 · 2022-02-6

Try this regex,

It is case-insensitive, captures Lastname and Firstname seperately if there's a comma between them,

And captures together if there's no comma

([^,\r\n]+)

Output:

You can also try them without using any classes, like[^,\r\n]+

Edit: After some discussions in the comments, i've came up with an another Regex, which avoids readingName: in the string

((?(?<=Name:)| )[^,\r\n]+)

Output:

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