delete replace text between markers

[cleansedbb]

I have several variables between |'s and I want to know if a str_replace could be used or something else to remove the vars.

examples are

|test| testing 123
|testing 123| hello
|hello world| blah
|hi| hi

and I want those in the |'s removed including the |'s

something like $file=str_replace("|S+|", "",$file);

[laserlight]

Might be able to use:

$str = preg_replace('/|.*|/', '', $str);

[cleansedbb]

you rock!

that did it, thank you very much!