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vishuB
vishuB

Reputation: 4261

Get string between first and last spacial character

I want to find string between first and last underscore (_) from the below string

I have tried this:

$s = '23_The_Sample_Book_145236985.pdf';
$matches = [];
$t = preg_match('/\_(.*?)\_/', $s, $matches);
print_r($matches[1]);

I want to get output like ...

The_Sample_Book

But i get like...

The

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1427

Answers (3)

William J.
William J.

Reputation: 1584

This should do it, though it does not use regex:

$s = '23_The_Sample_Book_145236985.pdf';
//get the position of the FIRST ocurrence of  '_'
$begin = strpos($s, '_') + 1;
//get the position of the LAST ocurrence of  '_'
$end = strrpos($s, '_');
//prints what's in between
echo substr($s, $begin, $end - $begin);

Upvotes: 2

MonkeyZeus
MonkeyZeus

Reputation: 20737

This should do it:

<?php
$s = '23_The_Sample_Book_145236985.pdf';

// Separate the string based on underscore and create an array
$arr = explode('_', $s);

// Remove the first and last array elements
// 23 and 145236985.pdf in the case of this string
$arr = array_slice($arr, 1, (count($arr)-2));

// Rejoin with an underscore
echo implode('_', $arr);

Upvotes: 2

dhruv jadia
dhruv jadia

Reputation: 1680

hope this helps 

    $s = '23_The_Sample_Book_145236985.pdf';
    $matches = [];
    $t = preg_match('/\_(.*)\_/', $s, $matches);
    print_r($matches[1]);

check screenshot enter image description here

Upvotes: 2

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