The question Remove Text Between Parentheses PHP works but only with "full" parentheses (opening and closing):
preg_replace('/\([^)]+\)/', '', $myString);
But I need it to work with unclosed parentheses too. For example:
$string1 = 'Something (unimportant stuff'; //Becomes 'Something '
$string2 = '(unimportant stuff'; //Becomes '' (empty string)
$string3 = 'Something (bad) happens'; //Becomes 'Something happens'
$string4 = 'Something)'; //Stays the same
I don't really care if I must do it with two passes (using the original answer and a new one)...
You could make the final closing parentheses optional:
preg_replace('/\([^)]+\)?/', '', $myString);
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What about it doesn't already work? If it's only the unclosed ones, you can search for a closing parenthesis or end of line?
preg_replace('/\([^)]+(\)|$)/', '', $myString);
try it with this regex /^[^(]*\)|\([^)]*$|\([^()]*\)/
this will match phrases with no opening but closing brace, with opening but no closing brace and also with opening and closing braces