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first you shoul create a function declear in below function get_string_between($string, $start, $end){ $string = ' ' . $string; $ini = strpos($string, $start); if ($ini == 0) return ''; $ini += strlen($start); $len = strpos($string, $end, $ini) - $ini; return substr($string, $ini, $len); } after decration this function you can easy get string from . example is given below. $fullstring = this is the q and the (a) is first choise (b) is the second choise; $parsed = get_string_between($fullstring, '(a)', '(b)'); echo $parsed; out put is show "is first choise"

if you want to remove all number form the beginning of string in php then i hope this is ver help full to you example. if you have in question please feel free for ask me in comment box are email $string = "239 the is testing string" $str = ltrim($string, '0123456789'); var_dump($str);