function removeWord($str, $word) {
if ((strpos($str,$word) !== false )) {
$tmp = $word . " ";
$str = str_replace($tmp, "", $str);
$tmp = " " . $word;
$str = str_replace($tmp, "", $str);
}
return $str;
}
$str = "php java c c++ c# python rust go";
$word = "rust";
$str = removeWord($str, $word);
echo $str;
/*
run:
php java c c++ c# python go
*/