PHP explode -> all characters before the first dot

[elpaisa]

Hi all!

 

I basically need to remove all characters of a string before the first dot for an example:

 

I have a phrase: statistics.STATUS   

 

this should be the result:   STATUS

 

this is a post var dinamically loaded, so i don't know if to use str_replace or there is another function that i can call.

 

Thanks. all your help is welcome!

[MadTechie]

$data = "statistics.STATUS   ";
$result = preg_replace('/.*\.(.*)/sim', '$1', $data);