Question

How to remove text between parentheses in a string using PHP

Answer 1

$text = "Hello (remove this) from the future (and this too)";

// Step 1: Remove parentheses and their content (non-greedy)
$cleaned = preg_replace('/\([^)]*\)/', '', $text);

// Step 2: Collapse multiple spaces into one
$cleaned = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $cleaned);

// Step 3: Trim leading/trailing spaces
$cleaned = trim($cleaned);

echo "Original: $text\n";
echo "Cleaned : $cleaned\n";

 
  
/*
run: 
 
Original: Hello (remove this) from the future (and this too)
Cleaned : Hello from the future
 
*/

 

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