Online PHP editor | refs for rpBTv

<?php $queries=" SELECT col1,col2,col3 FROM users WHERE id IN (1,2,3,4); SELECT * FROM references WHERE status = 1 ; SELECT a.col1 , a.col2 , b.col1 FROM table_a a | <--- Here is the caret, run this query INNER JOIN table_b b ON b.id_table_a = a.id WHERE a.id = 5 ; UPDATE table_a SET col1 = 'demo' WHERE id = 3; -- etc, etc, etc"; $rtrimmed=substr($queries,0,strpos($queries,'|')); // remove substr following pipe $ltrimmed=substr($rtrimmed,strrpos($rtrimmed,';')+1); // remove substr upto latest semicolon echo trim($ltrimmed); // remove whitespace on either side echo "\n---\n"; echo preg_match('~;\s*\K[^;|]*?(?= *\|)~',$queries,$out) ? $out[0] : '';