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<?php $str = 'else if($rule==\'somerule1\') echo \'{"s":1,"n":"name surname"}\'; else if($rule==\'somerule2\') echo \'{"s":1,"n":"another text here"}\';'; $rule = "somerule1"; $pattern = "/else if\(\\\$rule=='$rule'\)\necho '{\"s\":\d+,\"n\":\"[^\"]*\"}';/"; $str = preg_replace($pattern, "", $str); echo $str;
Output for 7.2.0 - 7.2.34, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.34, 8.2.0 - 8.2.34, 8.3.0 - 8.3.35, 8.4.1 - 8.4.26, 8.5.0 - 8.5.11
else if($rule=='somerule2') echo '{"s":1,"n":"another text here"}';

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