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Jean R.
Jean R.

Reputation: 544

Remove everything after a specific string but keep the first

I have a string like "Car version XXXX".

I want to remove all after "version" but keep this first part. The final should be "Car version"

Currently, I managed to do this:

$version = "Car version 15282";

$version = substr($version, 0, strpos($version, "version"));

echo $version;

But it removes the string "version" also and I need to keep it. In the web I only see example to remove after the character including this last.

How to achieve this in PHP ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 57

Answers (2)

AbraCadaver
AbraCadaver

Reputation: 78994

Since you know what you're looking for you just need one function:

$version = "Car version 15282";
$find = "version";
$version = strstr($version, $find, true) . $find;

If it could get more complex, match and capture () everything up to and including what you want to find .* and $find and replace that and everything after .* with what you captured $1:

$version = preg_replace("/(.*$find).*/", "$1", $version);

Upvotes: 2

RiggsFolly
RiggsFolly

Reputation: 94672

You need to add on the length of the string you are searching for because strlen() gives you the index of where the string version starts.

$version = "Car version 15282";

$version = substr($version, 0, strpos($version, "version")+strlen("version"));

echo $version;

Gives Result

Car version

Upvotes: 2

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