Ok so I have this string: &lt;img src=images/imagename.gif alt='descriptive text here'&gt; and I am trying to split it up into the following two strings (array of two strings, what ever, just broken up). imagename.gif descriptive text here Note yes, its' actually the & lt; and not < same with the closing on the string. I know regex is the answer, but not the best at regext to know to pull it off in php.