Extract string between first whitespace and last whitespace in php

Question

I have this string i want to extract string which is between first occurence of whitespace and last occurence of white space

$string="...ence it is apparent why many are in the favour of the above stance. Another argument i...";

i want to extract this part it is apparent why many are in the favour of the above stance. Another argument

Thanks

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 13 '22 at 14:01

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$firstIndex = strpos($string, ' ') + 1;
$lastIndex = strrpos($string, ' ');
substring($string, $firstIndex, $lastIndex - $firstIndex);

Reference: indexOf and lastIndexOf in PHP?

answered May 13 '22 at 14:01

Tony Yip

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '22 at 14:03

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There are many ways to do this, here is one:

<?php
$str_arr = explode(" ", "Your long sentence here.");
$sub_arr = array_slice($str_arr, 1, count($str_arr)-2);
$extracted_str = implode(' ', $sub_arr);
echo $extracted_str; // long sentence

answered May 13 '22 at 14:03

Pezhvak

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will it affect the sequence or special characters like comma or full stop position when i rebuild the string with implode – user3653474 May 13 '22 at 14:04
@user3653474 it should be fine, test it before production anyway. – Pezhvak May 13 '22 at 14:05
Sure i will check, Thanks – user3653474 May 13 '22 at 14:05

Extract string between first whitespace and last whitespace in php

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