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<?php $string = ' * * * *String'; $a = ltrim($string, ' *'); var_dump($a); $b = preg_replace('/^\s?\*/', '', $string); var_dump($b);
Output for 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 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 - 8.1.34, 8.2.0 - 8.2.30, 8.3.0 - 8.3.30, 8.4.1 - 8.4.18, 8.5.0 - 8.5.3
string(6) "String" string(12) " * * *String"

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