- substr: documentation ( source)
<?php
$descriptions = '';
$tests = array(
'Zika', 'SARS', 'AIDS', 'Mad Cow Disease', 'Bird Flu', 'Zombie Infection',
);
foreach ($tests as $value) {
$descriptions .= 'name => '.$value.', ';
}
$descriptions = substr($descriptions, 0, -2); // lose the last comma
echo $descriptions;