Remove punctuation mark after the preg split

Question

I am using this code to split my content after the first punctuation mark, retrieving the fist sentence.

$content = preg_split('/(?<=[!?.])./', $content);

How can I remove that remaining punctuation mark at the end of the splitted sentence?

Provide example **Input and Output** – Shiplu Mokaddim Feb 07 '12 at 13:15 — Shiplu Mokaddim, Feb 07 '12 at 13:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 07 '12 at 13:03

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you can run after this

$content = ltrim($content, '.');

or

$content = str_replace('.', '', $content);

answered Feb 07 '12 at 13:03

Haim Evgi

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no, if you use ltrim its remove only the dot in the end of the sentence, str_replace replace every occurrence of dot – Haim Evgi Feb 07 '12 at 13:05
I need something to remove all punctuation – webmasters Feb 07 '12 at 13:05
ok look on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4762546/php-the-best-way-to-remove-punctuation-marks-symbols-diacritics-special-char or http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4751308/remove-the-punctuation-mark-with-regular-expression – Haim Evgi Feb 07 '12 at 13:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 07 '12 at 13:07

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You can use:

$content = substr($content, 0, -1);

This will remove the last character from $content.

answered Feb 07 '12 at 13:07

maya

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That does not seem to work, it substracts all my sentence:) tried it before myself – webmasters Feb 07 '12 at 13:11

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 07 '12 at 13:20

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$content = preg_split('/[!?.]/', $content, null, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);

answered Feb 07 '12 at 13:20

JRL

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 07 '12 at 13:29

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try dis code!

$test   =   'Ho! My! God!';
    $temp   =   split('!',trim($test,'!'));
    echo "=".__LINE__."=><pre>";print_r($temp);echo "</pre>";
    Array
(
    [0] => Ho
    [1] =>  My
    [2] =>  God
)

answered Feb 07 '12 at 13:29

K6t

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Toto · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-07T18:29:35.990

How about:

$content = "Hello, world! What's new today? Everything's OK.";
$arr = preg_split('/[!?.] ?/', $content, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
print_r($arr);

This splits on punctuation mark !?. followed by an optionnal space. The captured strings don't contain leading space.

The difference with yours is that I don't catch the punctuation.

output:

Array
(
    [0] => Hello, world
    [1] => What's new today
    [2] => Everything's OK
)

Remove punctuation mark after the preg split

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