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Mewster
Mewster

Reputation: 1063

regex, delete first part of a string

I have the string 562865_numbersletterssymbols

If I want to delete, IF EXISTS; the first part (562865_), what should I search?

My guess was ^[^?:(562865_)]+$ to take what was not "562865_" (if existing ?:) until $ +$

But I discovered that (562865_) searchs every single digit and not the whole string.

How can I find the solution?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 323

Answers (3)

Mewster
Mewster

Reputation: 1063

Thanks to raina77ow, the easiest way is always the best choice.

$your_var = str_replace('562865_', '', $your_var)

Upvotes: 0

Get Off My Lawn
Get Off My Lawn

Reputation: 36299

The easiest way that I was able to come up with is this. It will work not only for that name but any others with the same format.

<?php
$string = "562865_numbersletterssymbols";

echo preg_replace("/^\d+_/", "", $string);

Upvotes: 1

mtrbean
mtrbean

Reputation: 903

If you want to stick with regex, try ^[\d]+_(.+)$

the _ splits the string into 2 parts, and you need the second part in parenthesis (.+)

Upvotes: 0

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