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<?php $string = '/** @some thing */'; $numChars = strlen($string); $char = ($numChars - strlen(ltrim($string, '/*'))); $openTag = substr($string, 0, $char); $string = ltrim($string, '/*'); var_dump($numChars, $char, $openTag, $string);
Output for 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.5 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.4, 8.3.6
int(18) int(3) string(3) "/**" string(15) " @some thing */"
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0 int(18) int(3) string(3) "/**" string(15) " @some thing */"

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