You mean $array[$key] is an array of values? They go by the names $array[$key][0], $array[$key][1], ..., $array[$key][n].
You mean $array[$key] contains a string
"(val0 val1 val2 val3 ... valn)"?
$vals = substr($array[$key],1,-1); //Lose the ( )
$vals = explode(' ',$vals);