Question

How to remove (strip) specific words from a string in PHP

Answer 1

$s = 'php or python and java and someone too';
$words_to_remove = array("or", "and", "one");

foreach ($words_to_remove as &$word) 
{
    $word = '/\b' . preg_quote($word, '/') . '\b/';
}

$s = preg_replace($words_to_remove, '', $s);

echo $s;

  
   
/*
run:
    
php python java someone too
    
*/

 

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