I have got a string and would like to remove everything after a certain "dot"+word combination. For instance:
This.Is.A.Test
=> would become
This.Is.A
5 Answers
Were you looking to remove everything after a specific dot+word, or just remove the last dot+word? If you're looking for a specific word, try this:
$str = "This.Is.A.Test";
$find = ".A";
$index = strpos($str, $find);
if ($index !== false)
$str = substr($str, 0, $index + strlen($find));
echo $str; // "This.Is.A"
In response to @SuperSkunk:
If you wanted to match the whole word, you could do this:
$find = ".A.";
$str = "This.Is.A.Test";
$index = strpos($str, $find);
if ($index !== false)
$str = substr($str, 0, $index + strlen($find) - 1);
echo $str; // "This.Is.A"
$str = "This.Is.AB.Test";
$index = strpos($str, $find);
if ($index !== false)
$str = substr($str, 0, $index + strlen($find) - 1);
echo $str; // "This.Is.AB.Test" (did not match)
$str = "This.Is.A.Test"; $str = substr($str, 0, strrpos($str, "."));
1 Comment
r0skar
This was the first answer I have tried and it worked just fine!
$result = explode('.', $str, 4);
array_pop($result);
implode('.', $result);
Comments
I'll do something very simple like :
<?php
$string = 'This.Is.A.Test';
$parts = explode('.', $string);
array_pop($parts); // remove last part
$string = implode('.', $parts);
echo $string;
?>
Comments
$pos = strpos($haystack, ".A" );
$result = substr($haystack,0,$pos);
...something like this.
"This.Is.A.Test."? Should it just remove the last dot, or does it need to be followed by a word?