stubarny1 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 $variable = "Test string with (brackets)"; $str = preg_replace("/ \(.+/", "", $variable); echo $str; Hello all, I'm trying to remove the section " (brackets)" from $variable above. I don't understand why the regular expression in my preg_replace operation above didn't work. Please can someone help? Thanks, Stu Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/241094-using-preg_replace-to-remove-a-word-and-its-surrounding-brackets/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickOldCar Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 <?php $variable = "Test string with (brackets)"; $str = preg_replace('~\(.*?\)~', '', $variable); echo $str; ?> Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/241094-using-preg_replace-to-remove-a-word-and-its-surrounding-brackets/#findComment-1238342 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubarny1 Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 Thanks QuickOldCar Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/241094-using-preg_replace-to-remove-a-word-and-its-surrounding-brackets/#findComment-1238614 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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