Preg_Math RegEx snippet help!

I have a variable, for example

$name which is

4762840941_here-alone

I need to extract the

number section out, and the here-alone part like so:

$nameid = "here-alone";
$nameno = "4762840941";

The $name variable can change to something longer like this:

12312312312392_here-i-am

Is this possible?

 

list($nameid, $nameno) = explode('_', $name);

echo $nameid;

PHP:

Assuming there will always be one underscore.

 

Brilliant, works a charm! This will come in very handy for me now!