preg_replace... remove string from string

Question

What I want to do is remove all instances of c_*/ where * could be any digit or character of any length.

$cano = 'www.example.com/example/example2/c_3/example4/';
$cano = preg_replace('c_*/', '', $cano);

I've always been bad with these cause I hardly use them...

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David John Welsh · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-31 01:55:34Z

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I think this will do the trick.

$cano = preg_replace('#c_[^/]+/#', '', $cano);

The [^/] matches any character that is not a forward slash, and the + means "one or more" characters.

answered Oct 31, 2012 at 1:55

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thanks... worked great... threw it into an array with some others and working as expected.

Skpd · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-31 01:56:29Z

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Try this:

$cano = 'www.example.com/example/example2/c_3/example4/';
$cano = preg_replace('#(?:c_.[^/]/)+#', '', $cano);

answered Oct 31, 2012 at 1:56

Skpd

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