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PHP - Remove URLs from string
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PHP-Remove-URL-from-string.php
<?php
$string = 'Hi, visit my website: http://beto.euqueroserummacaco.com';
$string = preg_replace('/\b(https?|ftp|file):\/\/[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|$!:,.;]*[A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|$]/i', '', $string);
echo $string;
?>
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andreszs commented Feb 8, 2018 •
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If your URL begins simply with www and no protocol, modify it like this to filter it:
$string = preg_replace('/\b((https?|ftp|file):\/\/|www\.)[-A-Z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|$!:,.;]*[A-Z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|$]/i', ' ', $string);

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