- preg_replace: documentation ( source)
<?php
$a = '福岡県福岡市早良区干隈165849-651';
$ken = '福岡県';
$shiku = '福岡市早良区';
$chou = '干隈';
$bill = preg_replace("/$ken/", '', $a, 1);
$bill = preg_replace("/^.*$shiku/", '', $bill, 1);
$bill = preg_replace("/^.*$chou/", '', $bill, 1);
$r_chou = $chou . $bill;
echo $r_chou;