Removing url / domain from string with parentheses

Question

Is there any way to find and remove the url or domain from given string with parentheses ?

example: (like someurl.com) should be (like) and [like someurl.com] to become [like] ... also [like someurl.com/path/something.html] should be [like]

maybe someone can help me with a code to do this.

Try using `preg_replace()`. I see your tag, but what have you tried? — StackSlave, Oct 18 '17 at 05:50
i managed to replace url/domain from string but i can't do it on parentheses ... — radu, Oct 18 '17 at 05:51
You might want to have a look at this [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6427530/regular-expression-pattern-to-match-url-with-or-without-http-www) — Lakshmikant Deshpande, Oct 18 '17 at 05:51
i use this code for string replace https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1113840/php-remove-url-from-string but it only replace what is outside of ( ) and [ ] . — radu, Oct 18 '17 at 05:57

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 18 '17 at 06:00

$str = "(like someurl.com)";
$index_dot =  $index_space_before_dot = $index_after_dot = -1;
for($i=0; $i<strlen($str); $i++){
    if($str[$i] == '.'){
        $index_dot = $i;
    }

    if($str[$i] == ' '  && $index_dot == -1 && $index_space_before_dot == -1){
        $index_space_before_dot = $i;
    }elseif ($str[$i] == ' '  && $index_dot > -1){
        $index_space_before_dot = $i;
    }
}

$str = substr($str, 0, $index_space_before_dot);
echo $str . ')';

AZinkey · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-18T08:23:48.543

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You need a Regular Expression (regx) here

$string_with_url = 'lorem (like GOoogle.COM someurl.com/path/something.html ) lipsum';

$string_without_url = preg_replace("/(http:\/\/www\.|https:\/\/www\.|http:\/\/|https:\/\/)?[a-zA-Z0-9]+([\-\.]{1}[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*\.[a-zA-Z]{2,5}(:[0-9]{1,5})?(\/.+[a-zA-Z\/]\s)?/", "", $string_with_url);

echo $string_without_url; // lorem (like ) lipsum

edited Oct 18 '17 at 08:23

answered Oct 18 '17 at 06:06

AZinkey

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This works great on lowercase domains, uppercase ones are not replaced, or if an domain is : someDomain.com is replacing only omain.com and it will becode someD – radu Oct 18 '17 at 06:17

Removing url / domain from string with parentheses

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