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try:<br />
echo preg_replace( '#&lt;\[%[^%]%\]&gt;#','',$str );
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try:
echo preg_replace( '#<\[%[^%]%\]>#','',$str );

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Thanks, hielo, but your idea does not work.<br />

<pre><code id="code-176748">&lt;?php
$str= 'Hello &lt;[%edit%]&gt; World &lt;[%/edit%]&gt;';
echo preg_replace( '#&lt;\[%[^%]%\]&gt;#','', $str);
// Should Output: Hello World
?&gt;
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Thanks, hielo, but your idea does not work.


<?php
$str= 'Hello <[%edit%]> World <[%/edit%]>';
echo preg_replace( '#<\[%[^%]%\]>#','', $str);
// Should Output: Hello World
?>


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Thanks!<br />
I have posted a related question here:<br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23838405/Remove-everything-between-and.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23838405/Remove-everything-between-and.html</a>
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Thanks!
I have posted a related question here:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23838405/Remove-everything-between-and.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23838405/Remove-everything-between-and.html]

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Thanks for the question and the points.
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I want to remove all instances of everything between &lt;[% and %]&gt;
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I want to remove all instances of everything between <[% and %]>

Remove everything between &lt;[% and %]&gt;

PHP is a widely-used server-side scripting language especially suited for web development, powering tens of millions of sites from Facebook to personal WordPress blogs. PHP is often paired with the MySQL relational database, but includes support for most other mainstream databases. By utilizing different Server APIs, PHP can work on many different web servers as a server-side scripting language.

Remove everything between &lt;[% and %]&gt;

Remove everything between <[% and %]>