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<?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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