Removing end of string after ...

[Mcod]

Hello,

 

I am currently having an issue with removing a string from within a string.

 

The strings I deal with are like the examples below:

 

This is - a test - because tests are fun - abc

This is - a test because tests are fun - def

This is a test - because tests are fun - ghi

 

The good news is that the end is always the same - basically a space, a minus and a space followed by random chars.

 

So technically I would need to remove everything from a string starting at the last space minus space incl the space, minus, space.

 

The result for the examples above would then be:

 

This is - a test - because tests are fun

This is - a test because tests are fun

This is a test - because tests are fun

 

Would be great if somebody could help me with this (to me) impossible task.

 

Thanks

[silkfire]

Oh that's easy:

 

$string = 'This is - a test - because tests are fun - abc';

$string = preg_replace('#^(.*) - .*$#', '$1', $string);

[Mcod]

Thank you very much - that did the job more than well

[silkfire]

Anytime Mcod. Come here again and we'll help you out.

[Mcod]

You can be sure that i will

 

Again, thanks a lot - didn't expect an answer that quickly!

 

Just wow

[silkfire]

If you want to remove 6 characters from the end the approach would be different. Is it always 3 random chars?

[Pikachu2000]

If it's always the characters including and after the last hyphen that need to be removed, you don't even need to use a regex pattern for it.

 

$string = trim(substr( $string, 0, strrpos($string, '-') ));