PHP removes everything until the last instance of a character

Question

Is there a way to delete everything before and including the last instance of a specific character?

I have some lines that contain > , for example.

• the > cat > sat > on > the > mat

• welcome > home

I need formatting strings so they become

• mat

• home

Answer 1

You can use regex ...

 $str = preg_replace('/^.*>\s*/', '', $str); 

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... or use explode() ...

 $tokens = explode('>', $str); $str = trim(end($tokens)); 

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... or substr() ...

 $str = trim(substr($str, strrpos($str, '>') + 1)); 

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There are probably many other ways to do this. Keep in mind that my examples crop the resulting string. You can always edit my sample code if this is not a requirement.