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<?php define( 'PAIRS', [ [ 'mon,tue', 'tue,wed', 'wed,thu', 'thu,fri', 'fri,sat', 'sat,sun' ], [ 'mon-tue', 'tue-wed', 'wed-thu', 'thu-fri', 'fri-sat', 'sat-sun' ] ] ); function condenseDays(string $days): string { return preg_replace( '/-\K[^,]+-/', '', str_replace(PAIRS[0], PAIRS[1], $days) ); } echo condenseDays('mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat') . "\n"; echo condenseDays('tue,thu,fri,sun') . "\n"; echo condenseDays('mon,tue,wed,fri,sat,sun') . "\n"; echo condenseDays('mon,thu,sun') . "\n"; echo condenseDays('tue,wed,fri,sat') . "\n"; echo condenseDays('mon,wed,fri,sun') . "\n"; echo condenseDays('mon,tue,thu,fri,sat,sun');