[RESOLVED] Select all characters before '@' in email

[Design-is-BS]

My client wants to create temporary usernames from the emails of potential users.

The usernames will simply be the beginning of their email (Charlie_123@gmail.com would be Charlie_123)

How do I select the characters (numbers, letter, and symbols) before the '@'?

I apologize for three posts in a row, but I can't find this anywhere.

Thanks a lot!

[MrCoder]

$username = preg_replace("/(.*?)@.*/s", "$1", $email_address);

[Design-is-BS]

Wow, that was easy for you.

Thanks so much MrCoder!

[MrCoder]

Glad I could help.