PHP - Remove everything inside () in a string

Question

I want to remove everything inside () in a string. For example if my string is $string = "this is an example string (this is the part i want to remove)";

I tried it with str_replace but naturally it just replaces "(" and not the content inside it. How can I do that since i won't know the contents beforehand?

Use [`preg_replace()`](http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php). — axiac, Sep 20 '17 at 08:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 20 '17 at 08:09

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this might work

preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9_ %\[\]\.\(\)%&-]/s', '', $String);

answered Sep 20 '17 at 08:09

Mohammad hayajneh

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`[`, `.`, `(` and `)` have no special meaning inside a character class. They don't need to be escaped in this context. – axiac Sep 20 '17 at 08:24
*"Might work"*? What use is that?? – Toby Speight Sep 20 '17 at 09:07
i didn't get want he wanted so i gave him on what i understand. – Mohammad hayajneh Sep 20 '17 at 10:00
@Mynameisjeff What exactly didn't you unterstand?? lool – Mysterious Doorknob Nov 07 '17 at 20:29
@MysteriousDoorknob your question isnt clear – Mohammad hayajneh Nov 08 '17 at 08:05
@Mynameisjeff then learn English. "I want to remove everything inside () in a string", "I tried it with str_replace but naturally it just replaces "(" and not the content inside it." And i gave you even an example LOL – Mysterious Doorknob Nov 08 '17 at 12:02
@MysteriousDoorknob okay mr english LOL – Mohammad hayajneh Nov 08 '17 at 14:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 20 '17 at 08:09

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$string = "this is an example string (this is the part i want to remove)";
$string2=preg_replace("/\([^)]+\)/","",$string);

Try this one

answered Sep 20 '17 at 08:09

pr1nc3

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PHP - Remove everything inside () in a string

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