Re: [PHP] reg. expressions

[Afan Pasalic]

In my case it will be actually "product name (product number)" and 
always the same. That means Matt's code will do exactly what I need.
But, thanks for your post - could happen to use that on other place
:)

Thanks John
-afan
John Holmes wrote:
Matt M. wrote:
on one place I have string "something (something_2)"
I have to take out of the string everything in brackets and brackets as
well.
probably I will need to use Regular Expression Functions but I'm really
bad with them :)

$string = "something (something_2)";
$pattern = "/\(.*\)/";
$replacement = "";
echo preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $string);

Just note that if there are two "bracketed" patterns in a string, this 
will have issues. It may or may not be an issue for you, though, 
depending up on your data.

As an alternative:
$string = "something (something_2) something (something_4)";
$pattern = '/\([^)]\)/';
//or $pattern = '/\(.*\)/U';
$replacement = '';
echo preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $string);
Also, if there could be line breaks within the "bracketed" text, you'll 
need extra modifiers... it all just depends upon your data.

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