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I have this URL:

http://exampleFixed.helloFixed.com/randomValues/randomValues/randomValue/randomValues/randomValues/randomValues/randomValues/randomValues/endFixed.htm

If you see there are 9 bars from .com to .htm And I want to replace ALL that URL to make it dissapear. Something like this:

 <?
    preg_replace ('theRegexRequired', '', $url);
 ?>

My try but I don't know how to code so many bars:

preg_replace('/http://exampleFixed.helloFixed.com\/(.+)\/endFixed.htm/i','',$url);

Thank you very much!

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I don’t even know PHP, but, just from general experience, I have to wonder: shouldn’t it be '/http:\/\/exampleFixed.helloFixed.com… (i.e., put a backslash before every slash in the regex)? – Scott Dec 13 '12 at 22:57

closed as off topic by SLaks, RedGrittyBrick, Simon Sheehan, ChrisF, Indrek Dec 14 '12 at 0:01

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