How to i replace regex patterns using preg_replace function?

Question

I have url like below

/test/(?<name>\w+)/(?<id>\d+)/

I want to replace it using preg_replace() function like this

/test/name/(?<id>\d+)/

I tried this but it does not work as i expected.

$subject = '/test/(?<name>\w+)/(?<id>\d+)/';

preg_replace('#\(.*\<name\>.*\)#', 'name', $subject);

Answer 1

You could take all the characters until the next " ) " using [^)]+ .

$subject = '/test/(?<name>\w+)/(?<id>\d+)/';
$subject = preg_replace('#\(.*\<name\>[^)]+\)#', 'name', $subject);
echo $subject; 

Outputs :

/test/name/(?<id>\d+)/