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<?php $string = 'aaa, bbb, ccc, ddd, eee, fff'; $n = 3; var_export( preg_replace("/(?:[^,]*\K,){{$n}}.*/s", '', $string) );
Output for 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.25, 8.4.1 - 8.4.12
'aaa, bbb, ccc'

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