RegEx to delete all double(or more) letter -> preg_replace

Question

Helo,

I've this RegEx to delete double letter on a string :

<?
$string = "Heeeeelloo";
echo preg_replace( '`(.*)\1`', '$1',$string)."\n";

The current result is : Heeelo

But i would like this result : Helo

What's wrong ? Thanks

You should _definitely_ look at [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8391958/sanitize-sentence-in-php) and answers. — Bojangles, Apr 16 '12 at 16:58

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 16 '12 at 16:53

3

Just do:

preg_replace( '`(.)\1+`', '$1',$string);

answered Apr 16 '12 at 16:53

Toto

Thanks 2min to anwser, i can not accept before 10 min ! but it work. – NicoMinsk Apr 16 '12 at 16:58

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