Question

Let’s say I have a string:

cat,mouse,dog,horse

Is there a regex or a function that will work as follows?

    1)"cat"       return string ->"mouse,dog,horse"
    2)"mouse"     return string ->"cat,dog,horse"
    3)"dog"       return string ->"cat,mouse,horse"
    4)"horse"     return string ->"cat,mouse,dog"

I need to eliminate the selected item from the string and return the remaining parts of the string.

Answer 1

You mean a function that removes a certain element? Try this:

function removeFromString($str, $item) {
    $parts = explode(',', $str);

    while(($i = array_search($item, $parts)) !== false) {
        unset($parts[$i]);
    }

    return implode(',', $parts);
}

Demo