Question

How to extract text within parentheses from a string in PHP

Answer 1

$s = 'python c++ java [php]';
 
preg_match('#\[(.*?)\]#', $s, $match);
 
echo $match[1];
 
 
/*
run:
 
php
 
*/

 

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Answer 2

$s = 'python c++ php (java)';
 
preg_match('#\((.*?)\)#', $s, $match);
 
echo $match[1];
 
 
/*
run:
 
java
 
*/

 

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Answer 3

$s = 'python c++ java (php)';

$start  = strpos($s, '(');
$end    = strpos($s, ')', $start + 1);
$len = $end - $start;

$word = substr($s, $start + 1, $len - 1);

echo $word;


/*
run:

php

*/

 

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