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  1. <?php
  2.  
  3. $text = "!@#$%^text!@#$%^";
  4. $text = preg_replace('~^[^\w]+~', "", $text);
  5. echo $text . PHP_EOL;
  6. $text = "!@#$%^text!@#$%^";
  7. $text = preg_replace('~^\W+~', "", $text);
  8. echo $text . PHP_EOL;
  9. $text = "!@#$%^0987641text!@#$%^";
  10. $text = preg_replace('~^[\W\d]+~', "", $text);
  11. echo $text . PHP_EOL;
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 52432KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
text!@#$%^
text!@#$%^
text!@#$%^
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language:
PHP (php 7.3.5)
created:
10 years ago
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