删除不必要的文字

Question

I currently have this:

$population = '1,601 (2001 census){{Census 2001 AUS|id=SSC12856|name=Palm Beach (State Suburb)|accessdate=30 June 2007|quick=on}}';

I want this:

$population = '1,601 (2001 census)';

I've tried using preg_match to remove everything after what I want, but I can't figure out the regex.

How would I accomplish this?

Answer 1

Is removing after the first { okay?

substr($population, 0, strpos($population, '{'))
# This would be better written strtok($population, '{'), as @mario points out.

Or, to remove everything between {{ and }}:

preg_replace('/{{.*?}}/', '', $population);