PHP How to remove word in string?

Question

Input:

GUJARAT (24)

Output:

GUJARAT

String Format

State Name (State Code)

I want to remove state code with parentheses. How can I do this by using regex in PHP?

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– Tim Biegeleisen, Commented Dec 7, 2018 at 5:52
Can you have several states on same string? Like in FOO (123) ... BAR (456) — Julio
– Julio, Commented Dec 7, 2018 at 10:18

Code Maniac · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-07 05:53:12Z

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You can try this

(?<=\s)(\(.*\))

Explanation

(?<=\s) - Positive look behind. Matches \s (a white space).
(\(.*\)) - Matches ( some random text)

Demo

answered Dec 7, 2018 at 5:53

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Julio Over a year ago

It could fail if there are several states on the same string, like in GUJARAT (24) OTHER (14). Not specified by requirements, though. Anways an ungreedy star could be a nice addition

Code Maniac Over a year ago

@Julio Yeah but he specified string format in question. so i wrote according to that. Btw thanks for suggestion :)

bhaghyasandar · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-07 05:53:31Z

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Using RegEx

$text="GUJARAT (24)"
$statename=preg_replace("/\([^)]+\)/","",$text);

answered Dec 7, 2018 at 5:53

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Andreas · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-07 07:13:06Z

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In case you don't want to use regex you can also use simple strpos and substr.
This is a lighter way to do it than using regex (less meory useage).
The code finds the ( and removes everything one step behind and forward.

$arr = ["GUJARAT (24)", "State Name (State Code)"];

foreach($arr as $val){
    echo substr($val, 0, strpos($val, "(")-1) . "\n";    
}
// GUJARAT
// State Name

https://3v4l.org/IdvAI

edited Dec 7, 2018 at 7:13

answered Dec 7, 2018 at 7:07

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Prashant Deshmukh..... · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-07 10:37:18Z

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Try this one too.

 $text="GUJARAT (24)";
 $statename= preg_replace("/[(][0-9]*[)]/","",$text);
 echo $statename;

edited Dec 7, 2018 at 10:37

answered Dec 7, 2018 at 6:21

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Julio Over a year ago

That {1} seems to be unneded

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