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Is there a simple way to use ltrim() to remove a single instance of a match instead of all matches?
I'm looping through array of strings and I'd like to remove the first, and only first, match (vowels in this case):
ltrim($value, "aeiouyAEIOUY");
With default behavior the string aardvark or Aardvark would be trimmed to be "rdvark". I'd like result to be "ardvark".
I'm not bound to ltrim by any means but it seemed the closest built-in PHP function. It would be nice of ltrim and rtrim had an optional parameter "limit", just saying... :)
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The trim() function removes whitespace and other predefined characters from both sides of a string. Related functions: ltrim() - Removes whitespace or other predefined characters from the left side of a string.
The ltrim() function removes whitespace or other predefined characters from the left side of a string. Related functions: rtrim() - Removes whitespace or other predefined characters from the right side of a string. trim() - Removes whitespace or other predefined characters from both sides of a string.
Using str_replace() Method: The str_replace() method is used to remove all the special characters from the given string str by replacing these characters with the white space (” “). Example: This example illustrates the use of the str_replace() function to remove the special characters from the string.
The trim() function in PHP removes whitespace or any other predefined character from both the left and right sides of a string. ltrim() and rtrim() are used to remove these whitespaces or other characters from the left and right sides of the string.
Just use preg replace it has a limit option
eg
$value = preg_replace('/^[aeiouy]/i', '', $value, 1);
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