Custom ports-parser using single type delimiter

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Hi all,
I am trying to create a custom port-parser but unfortunately my knowledge is limited. have looked through several post related to others that have created a custom parser, but could not find a solution to mine.
We use the following port description standards: TYPE:DESCRIPTION:CIRCUIT:SPEED:NOTES
We would like to split the description on the “:” but trying different methods do not seem to be working correctly. The following is what I currently have and it does give me the type and the provider but not the rest.

<?php

// Parser should populate $port_ifAlias array with type, descr, circuit, speed and notes
unset($port_ifAlias);
echo $this_port['ifAlias'];

list($type,$descr) = preg_split('/:/', $this_port['ifAlias']);
list(,$circuit,$speed,$notes)    = preg_split('/:/g', $descr);
$descr             = trim($descr);

if ($type && $descr) {
    $type                    = strtolower($type);
    $port_ifAlias['type']    = $type;
    $port_ifAlias['descr']   = $descr;
    $port_ifAlias['circuit'] = $circuit;
    $port_ifAlias['speed']   = substr($speed, 0, 32);
    $port_ifAlias['notes']   = $notes;

    d_echo($port_ifAlias);
}

unset($port_type, $port_descr, $port_circuit, $port_notes, $port_speed);

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What am I doing wrong or am I missing?

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It hink I have figured it out. Changing the following results in the correct parsing and display.
Original lines form ports-parser are:

list($type,$descr) = preg_split('/[\:\[\]\{\}\(\)]/', $this_port['ifAlias']);
list(,$circuit)    = preg_split('/[\{\}]/', $this_port['ifAlias']);
list(,$notes)      = preg_split('/[\(\)]/', $this_port['ifAlias']);
list(,$speed)      = preg_split('/[\[\]]/', $this_port['ifAlias']);

Changed those lines to:

$array = preg_split('/:/', $this_port['ifAlias']);
list($type, $descr, $circuit, $speed, $notes) = $array;

Any comments are welcome.