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<?php $re = '/\h*\R(\h+)[*]useless[*]Text\s*/'; $str = '1 *useless*Text Steve Waugh'; $subst = '$1'; $result = preg_replace($re, $subst, $str, 1); echo $result;
Output for 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.25, 8.4.1 - 8.4.12
1 Steve Waugh

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