Remove the string in php

How can I remove part of a string?

Example string: "REGISTER 11223344 here"

How can I remove "11223344" from the above example string?

asked Feb 3, 2010 at 13:31

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If you're specifically targetting "11223344", then use str_replace:

// str_replace($search, $replace, $subject)
echo str_replace("11223344", "","REGISTER 11223344 here");

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answered Feb 3, 2010 at 13:33

Dominic RodgerDominic Rodger

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You can use str_replace(), which is defined as:

str_replace($search, $replace, $subject)

So you could write the code as:

$subject = 'REGISTER 11223344 here' ;
$search = '11223344' ;
$trimmed = str_replace($search, '', $subject) ;
echo $trimmed ;

If you need better matching via regular expressions you can use preg_replace().

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answered Feb 3, 2010 at 13:51

dhoratdhorat

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Assuming 11223344 is not constant:

$string="REGISTER 11223344 here";
$s = explode(" ", $string);
unset($s[1]);
$s = implode(" ", $s);
print "$s\n";

answered Feb 3, 2010 at 13:33

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str_replace(find, replace, string, count)

• find Required. Specifies the value to find
• replace Required. Specifies the value to replace the value in find
• string Required. Specifies the string to be searched
• count Optional. A variable that counts the number of replacements

As per OP example:

$Example_string = "REGISTER 11223344 here";
$Example_string_PART_REMOVED = str_replace('11223344', '', $Example_string);

// will leave you with "REGISTER  here"

// finally - clean up potential double spaces, beginning spaces or end spaces that may have resulted from removing the unwanted string
$Example_string_COMPLETED = trim(str_replace('  ', ' ', $Example_string_PART_REMOVED));
// trim() will remove any potential leading and trailing spaces - the additional 'str_replace()' will remove any potential double spaces

// will leave you with "REGISTER here"

answered Nov 8, 2018 at 5:02

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When you need rule-based matching, you need to use a regular expression:

$string = "REGISTER 11223344 here";
preg_match("/(\d+)/", $string, $match);
$number = $match[1];

That will match the first set of numbers, so if you need to be more specific, try:

$string = "REGISTER 11223344 here";
preg_match("/REGISTER (\d+) here/", $string, $match);
$number = $match[1];

answered Feb 3, 2010 at 15:52

TravisOTravisO

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substr() is a built-in PHP function which returns part of a string. The function substr() will take a string as input, the index form where you want the string to be trimmed, and an optional parameter is the length of the substring. You can see proper documentation and example code on substr.

Note: index for a string starts with 0.

answered Feb 3, 2010 at 13:42

Umair JabbarUmair Jabbar

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Dynamically, if you want to remove (a) part(s) from (a) fixed index(es) of a string, use this function:

/**
 * Removes index/indexes from a string, using a delimiter.
 * 
 * @param string $string
 * @param int|int[] $index An index, or a list of indexes to be removed from string.
 * @param string $delimiter 
 * @return string
 * @todo Note: For PHP versions lower than 7.0, remove scalar type hints (i.e. the
 * types before each argument) and the return type.
 */
function removeFromString(string $string, $index, string $delimiter = " "): string
{
    $stringParts = explode($delimiter, $string);

    // Remove indexes from string parts
    if (is_array($index)) {
        foreach ($index as $i) {
            unset($stringParts[(int)($i)]);
        }
    } else {
        unset($stringParts[(int)($index)]);
    }

    // Join all parts together and return it
    return implode($delimiter, $stringParts);
}

For your purpose:

remove_from_str("REGISTER 11223344 here", 1); // Output: REGISTER here

One of its usages is to execute command-like strings, which you know their structures.

answered Mar 2, 2018 at 21:32

MAChitgarhaMAChitgarha

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The following snippet will print "REGISTER here"

$string = "REGISTER 11223344 here";

$result = preg_replace(
   array('/(\d+)/'),
   array(''),
   $string
);

print_r($result);

The preg_replace() API usage is as given below.

$result = preg_replace(
    array('/pattern1/', '/pattern2/'),
    array('replace1', 'replace2'),
    $input_string
);

answered Jan 1, 2020 at 15:11

arango_86arango_86

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Do the following

$string = 'REGISTER 11223344 here';

$content = preg_replace('/REGISTER(.*)here/','',$string);

This would return "REGISTERhere"

or

$string = 'REGISTER 11223344 here';

$content = preg_replace('/REGISTER (.*) here/','',$string);

This would return "REGISTER here"

answered Feb 3, 2010 at 13:38

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