php: regex remove bracket in string

Question

similiar like this example, php: remove brackets/contents from a string? i have no idea to replace

$str = \'(ABC)some text\'

into

Answer 1

If you want to use replace, you could use the following:

 $str = "(ABC)some text";
 $str = preg_replace("/^.*\(([^)]*)\).*$/", '$1', $str);

The pattern will match the whole string, and replace it with whatever it found inside the parenthesis