- preg_replace: documentation ( source)
<?php
$pattern = '/a/';
$limit = 10000;
$string = 'a';
for ( $i = 0; $i <= $limit; $i++ ) {
$string .= 'a';
//echo strlen($string) . "\n";
//echo mb_strlen($string);
}
echo strlen($string)."\n";
$str2=preg_replace('#(\w)*#', '', $string);
echo $str2."\n";
echo 'done';