/* want delete bla1 and bla2 */ function getCountry($website) { if (preg_match_all('//i',$website,$results, PREG_SET_ORDER)) { return $results; } else { return FALSE; } } print_r(getCountry($website)); #output array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => bla1 [1] => NewZealand ) [1] => Array ( [0] => bla2 [1] => USA ) )