simple preg-replace

[johnsmith153]

I have never understood regular expressions, or spent enough time trying to.

 

I could do with help being able to remove everything before a set value.

 

So "jhfwhfeijhfgeih VALUE wufhehiehriehr"

 

would return "VALUE wufhehiehriehr"

 

Should be easy.

 

Thanks in advance.

[AbraCadaver]

Try learning them.  It is fun and very useful.

 

$new = preg_replace('/.*(VALUE.*)/', '$1', $old);

[Goose]

This solution isn't using regular expressions, but I think it might be quicker. If you are sure that you will have that pattern you showed above you can do this:

 

$pos = strpos($yourString, ' ');
if($pos !== false){
$yourNewString = substr($yourString, $pos + 1);
}

[AbraCadaver]

Yes, or even shorter:

 

$new = strstr($old, 'VALUE');

[Goose]

Good call.