Removing Block Comments via Regex

Question

I am having difficulty trying to get this regex to work. All I am trying to do is remove block comments. This is what I have so far but I can't get rid of the final */.

$string = 'this is a test /*asdfa  */ ok then';

$pattern = '/\/\*([^\*\/]*)/i';

$replacement = '';

echo preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $string);

//this is a test */ ok then

Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Use a different delimiter than / -- it makes it confusing.

How about '#/\*.+?\*/#s';