PHP regex remove specific part from end of string

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I have the following string

"DJ Antoine, Conor Maynard - Dancing In The Headlights - teledysk, tekst piosenki"

and I would like to get only:

"DJ Antoine, Conor Maynard - Dancing In The Headlights"

I use regex but it not working:

^([^\;]+)$ - teledysk, tekst piosenki

split the string between "-" and keep only the first two elements. — JazZ
– JazZ, Commented Oct 18, 2016 at 16:11
How are you using ^([^\;]+)$? ^ and $ are the start and end of the string, you can't have them in the middle. regex101.com/r/nRhNYv/1 (if that string is your regex, your PHP usage is missing from question). — chris85
– chris85, Commented Oct 18, 2016 at 16:14

JazZ · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-18 16:20:02Z

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Here is my two cents :

php > $s = "DJ Antoine, Conor Maynard - Dancing In The Headlights - teledysk, tekst piosenki";
php > $new_s = explode('-', $s, -1);
php > echo implode('-', $new_s);
DJ Antoine, Conor Maynard - Dancing In The Headlights

answered Oct 18, 2016 at 16:20

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Mohammad · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-18 16:20:23Z

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Use preg_replace() to remove additional part of string. The regex select additional part and replace it with empty.

$str = preg_replace("/-[\w\s,]+$/", "", $str);

See result in demo

answered Oct 18, 2016 at 16:20

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