Remove everything before ** in my string?

Discussion in 'PHP' started by Kerosene, Dec 20, 2007.

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    $myvar will change, but will always have ** in it. I want to remove everything BEFORE and INCLUDING the **. How can I do this?

    $myvar = 'blablabla**keep_this';
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    EDIT: ok i've worked it out, but I know I'm going the long way round... Can someone suggest something a little more elegant?

    $myvardelete = substr($myvar, 0, (stripos($myvar, "**")+2));
$myvar = str_replace($myvardelete, '', $myvar);
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    Kerosene, Dec 20, 2007 IP
  2. tushardhoot1

    tushardhoot1 Active Member

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    Is it always going to have a constant # of characters at the back? If so, there is an easier way.
     
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  3. Barti1987

    Barti1987 Well-Known Member

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$myvar = 'any string even if it contains &#($*% any characters, even ** strange right (its called magic)**keep_this';
echo end(explode('**',$myvar));
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    Peace,
     
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  4. coderbari

    coderbari Well-Known Member

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$myvar = 'blablabla**keep_this';
echo substr($myvar, strripos($myvar,'**')+strlen('**'));
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  5. nico_swd

    nico_swd Prominent Member

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    ^^ Why stripos() when we're not looking for an alphabetical character? (Note that stripos() is slower than strpos())
     
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