Re: REGEX query

Thanks for that...and yes that would do very nicely. Unfortunately, for what I'm trying to do, it is of little use. I probably should have mentioned that the bit of text I used is actually just part of a much bigger bit of text so exploding on a space would cause havoc with the rest of it. Hence the REGEX question. But, I still agree with you 100% about keeping things simple :o) Thanks Alexis Burhan wrote:

phplists wrote:

Hi, I'm still trying to get to grips with REGEX and have hit a hurdle with the following: I have this bit of text: (\(EX\) RV-6 ) I want to remove the '\(EX\)' part of it so leaving just: ( RV-6 )

$text = '(\(EX\) RV-6 )'; $bits = explode(' ',$text); $leaving = '( '.$bits[0].' )'; Sometimes, regex is not the answer :)