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<?php $string='دد'; echo preg_replace('#(?:^[^\pL]*)|(?:[^\pL]*$)#u','',$string);
Output for 5.5.27 - 5.5.38, 5.6.11 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.34, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.30, 8.2.0 - 8.2.25, 8.3.0 - 8.3.14, 8.4.1
دد
Output for 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.26, 5.6.0 - 5.6.10

Process exited with code 139.
Output for 5.3.0 - 5.3.29
preferences:
74.07 ms | 407 KiB | 5 Q