// this is a test string i used
$value="i|s:24:\"Hallo Dies Ist Ein TTTst ZZZ rrr\"";

// this is the regular expression string
$s="^([a-z_]{1,})\|([a-z]{1}):([0-9]{1,}):\"(.*) (.*) (.*)\"";

eregi($s,$value,$werte);
echo "sizeof($werte): "sizeof($werte);

foreach($werte as $f) {
    echo $f."<br>";
}

// OUTPUT
sizeof($werte): 10
i|s:24:"Hello this Is A Test ZZZ rrr"
i
s
24
Hello this Is A Test
ZZZ
rrr


the is the size of the array
the size is not scaleable its fix
the size is always 10
if i use another regular expression like
$s="^([a-z_]{1,})\|([a-z]{1}):([0-9]{1,}):\"(.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*)\"";
the last "rrr" is not a value of the result