3v4l.org

run code in 300+ PHP versions simultaneously
<?php $matches = array(); $param_string = "CREATED_AT > TO_DATE(:delete_date, 'DD/MM/YYYY HH24:MI:SS') AND"; $regex = '/[^A-Za-z](:\b[^\s:]+)\b[^:]/i'; $repl = '\1'; $param = preg_replace($regex, $repl, $param_string); print "$param\n"; $param = preg_match($regex, $param_string, $matches); print_r($matches);

preferences:
40.12 ms | 402 KiB | 5 Q