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Codice PHP:
<pre>
<?php
$pattern = '#((\\d{5})| (\\d{4})| (\\d{3})| (\\d{2})| (\\d))#';
$number = false;
$string = '12345';
if (preg_match($pattern, $string, $matches)) {
$number = (int) array_pop($matches);
}
var_dump($number);
?>
</pre>