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<?php function extractWantedStuff($input) { $output = []; $sections = explode('""', $input); $changeThisSection = false; foreach ($sections as $section) { if ($changeThisSection) { $section = str_replace(',', '', $section); } $output[] = $section; $changeThisSection = !$changeThisSection; } return implode('""', $output); } $fullstring = ',""Word1, Word2"" and another thing ,""Word3, Word4""'; echo extractWantedStuff($fullstring);
Output for 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.1 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.34, 8.2.0 - 8.2.30, 8.3.0 - 8.3.30, 8.4.1 - 8.4.21, 8.5.0 - 8.5.7
,""Word1 Word2"" and another thing ,""Word3 Word4""

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