Remove everything between two strings

Question

Need to remove everything between .jpg and > on all instances like these below:

• .jpg|500|756|20121231-just-some-image-3.jpg)%>
• .jpg|500|729|)%>
• .jpg|500|700|)%>
• .jpg|500|756|test-43243.jpg)%>

So everything becomes .jpg>

Any suggestions using preg_replace?

Answer 1

preg_replace('/\.jpg[^>]+>/', '.jpg>', $your_string);

Answer 2

$str = '.jpg|500|756|20121231-just-some-image-3.jpg)%>';
preg_replace('/[^\.jpg][^>]+/', '', $str);