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Aleksandar
Aleksandar

Reputation: 511

Removing duplicate characters in string preg_replace

$value = "ABCC@CmCCCCm@CCmC@CDEF";

$clear = preg_replace('/@{1,}/', "", $value);

I need to remove duplicate @ and get something like:

ABCC@CmCCCCmCCmCCDEF (I need only first @)

How to do that?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1096

Answers (2)

Casimir et Hippolyte
Casimir et Hippolyte

Reputation: 89567

A regex way:

$clear = preg_replace('~(?>@|\G(?<!^)[^@]*)\K@*~', '', $value);

details:

(?:           # open a non capturing group
    @         # literal @
  |           # OR
    \G(?<!^)  # contiguous to a precedent match, not at the start of the string
    [^@]*     # all characters except @, zero or more times
)\K           # close the group and reset the match from the result
@*            # zero or more literal @

Upvotes: 4

jerdiggity
jerdiggity

Reputation: 3665

Give this a try:

// The original string
$str = 'ABCC@CmCCCCm@CCmC@CDEF';
// Position of the first @ sign
$pos = strpos($str, '@');
// Left side of the first found @ sign
$str_sub_1 = substr($str, 0, $pos + 1);
// Right side of the first found @ sign
$str_sub_2 = substr($str, $pos);
// Replace all @ signs in the right side
$str_sub_2_repl = str_replace('@', '', $str_sub_2);
// Join the left and right sides again
$str_new = $str_sub_1 . $str_sub_2_repl;
echo $str_new;

Upvotes: 3

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