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trim entire words (remove words at start, end and both of the string)
<?php
function ltrimWord(string $str, array $words): string
{
$words = array_map('preg_quote', $words);
return preg_replace('/(' . implode('|', $words) . ')/A', '', $str);
}
function rtrimWord(string $str, array $words): string {
$words = array_map('preg_quote', $words);
return preg_replace('/(' . implode('|', $words) . ')+$/', '', $str);
}
function trimWord(string $str, array $words): string {
$words = array_map('preg_quote', $words);
$str = preg_replace('/(' . implode('|', $words) . ')/A', '', $str);
return preg_replace('/(' . implode('|', $words) . ')+$/', '', $str);
}
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