Remove specific string from a long string using php

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How do I remove {SEP}, date, name, colon(:) from this $string using php ?

$string = "{SEP}09-27-2014 19:38 PM alex : hmm..{SEP}{SEP}09-27-2014 20:04 PM alex : note here..{SEP}{SEP}09-27-2014 20:05 PM alex : testing{SEP}
{SEP}09-27-2014 20:07 PM alex : 1{SEP}{SEP}09-27-2014 20:29 PM alex : abc{SEP}{SEP}09-27-2014 20:30 PM alex : nice..{SEP}{SEP}09-27-2014 
20:32 PM alex : checking by pressing the save button.{SEP}{SEP}09-27-2014 20:32 PM alex : Ok now check without save button.{SEP}";

so that it will be look like this :

hmm.. note here..testing 1 abc nice..checking by pressing the save button. Ok now check 
without save button.

please provide full code..

DeDevelopers
– DeDevelopers

2014-10-03 12:32:29 +00:00
Commented Oct 3, 2014 at 12:32 — DeDevelopers
– DeDevelopers, Commented Oct 3, 2014 at 12:32
stackoverflow.com/questions/4455821/…

Len_D
– Len_D

2014-10-03 12:34:13 +00:00
Commented Oct 3, 2014 at 12:34 — Len_D
– Len_D, Commented Oct 3, 2014 at 12:34
look on this website for preg_replace

Luceos
– Luceos

2014-10-03 12:36:20 +00:00
Commented Oct 3, 2014 at 12:36 — Luceos
– Luceos, Commented Oct 3, 2014 at 12:36

Khôi · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-03 12:48:05Z

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preg_replace would be a good place to start:

echo preg_replace("/\{SEP\}(.+?)\s:\s(.+?)\{SEP\}/m", "$2", $string);

answered Oct 3, 2014 at 12:48

Khôi

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2 Comments

Shibbir Over a year ago

seems not working. It's not remove the specific text like {SEP}, date, name and colon.

Khôi Over a year ago

It works for me and my output is hmm..note here..testing1abcnice..checking by pressing the save button.Ok now check without save button.

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