拆分链接字符串

Question

I have a link that looks like this:
<a href="/site/cdb/index.php?adinfo=272">Company Inc.</a>

I want to split it so I remain with two pieces of information, the value of adinfo, in the example 272, and the linking words, in the example Company Inc..

I can do it with the code below but that is six lines of code which chops the string in to bits and I find it quite ugly, so I was wondering if there is an easier/nicer way.

$str = right($str, strlen($str)-36);
$pos = strpos($str, '"');
$value = left($str, $pos);
$str = right($str, strlen($str)-($pos+2));
$pos = strpos($str, '</a>');
$link = left($str, $pos);

(left and right are functions of my own that keep the left or right part of a string and cut of the rest)

Answer 1

php > $s = '<a href="/site/cdb/index.php?adinfo=272">Company Inc.</a>';
php > echo preg_replace('@.*adinfo=(\d+).*?>(.*?)</a>@', '$1 - $2', $s);
272 - Company Inc.