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<?php $mobile = '123456789'; $pattern = '(xx)-xxxxxxx'; echo preg_replace_callback('/x+/', function ($match) use (&$mobile) { $length = strlen($match[0]); $replacement = substr($mobile, 0, $length); $mobile = substr($mobile, $length); return $replacement; }, $pattern);

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