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<?php // Maybe put this in a filter class? function removeQuotedValues($string) { $pattern = '#`[a-zA-Z0-9]+`#'; // our regex pattern $string = preg_replace($pattern, '', $string); //remove `backtickedStrings` $replace = array(' ' => '', '(,' => '(', ',)' => ')', ',,' => ','); foreach ($replace as $old => $new) { $string = str_replace($old, $new, $string); } return $string; } $string = '(`getridofme`, 1,2), (1,2,3, `dm0c60544`),(2 ,3 ,3) '; echo removeQuotedValues($string);

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