<?php
$name = 'John Doe, Ph.D';
$get_name = preg_replace(array('/^([a-z]+(?:\s+[a-z]+)?).*$/', '/\s+/'), array('$1', '_'), strtolower($name));
echo $get_name;
echo "\n";
$name = 'Fred , M.Sc';
$get_name = preg_replace(array('/^([a-z]+(?:\s+[a-z]+)?).*$/', '/\s+/'), array('$1', '_'), strtolower($name));
echo $get_name;
echo "\n";
$name = 'Fred John Doe , B.A';
$get_name = preg_replace(array('/^([a-z]+(?:\s+[a-z]+)?).*$/', '/\s+/'), array('$1', '_'), strtolower($name));
echo $get_name;
echo "\n";
$name = 'John Doe';
$get_name = preg_replace(array('/^([a-z]+(?:\s+[a-z]+)?).*$/', '/\s+/'), array('$1', '_'), strtolower($name));
echo $get_name;
echo "\n";
$name = 'Fred';
$get_name = preg_replace(array('/^([a-z]+(?:\s+[a-z]+)?).*$/', '/\s+/'), array('$1', '_'), strtolower($name));
echo $get_name;
- Output for 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.1 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
- john_doe
fred
fred_john
john_doe
fred
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