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  1. <?php
  2. // original string
  3. $str = ",a,b,c,,,d,,";
  4.  
  5. // now clean it
  6. $str = preg_replace('/,{2,}/', ',', trim($str, ','));
  7.  
  8. // and see it
  9. var_dump($str);
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 20520KB
stdin
Standard input is empty
stdout
string(7) "a,b,c,d"