php - How to remove a number enclosed between html tags -

i have string, below string:

$var = 'it text<nobr><font color="#176200">﴿3﴾</font></nobr>'; 

now want below output:

 $var = 'it text'; 

note: number of 3 changeable.

how can ?

instead of replacing number , tags null can first part (the string) following regex :

^[^<]* 

see demo

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edit:

and can replace result of above code in main string, this:

$var = 'it text<nobr><font color="#176200">﴿3﴾</font></nobr>'; $sec_part = preg_replace('/^[^<]*/','', $var); $result = str_replace($sec_part,'',$var); echo $result; 

output:

it text