preg replace - preg_replace remove only the word after @ -

i'm trying remove username in string. tried code below removes after @

$string = 'he @username die'; $string = preg_replace('/@.*/','',$string);  echo $string; // output: 

i want output be: die

thanks

use \s means not space character (the opposite of \s) instead of .:

$string = 'he @username die'; $string = preg_replace('/@\s+/','',$string);  echo $string; // output:  die 

you may want remove following space:

$string = 'he @username die'; $string = preg_replace('/@\s+\s*/','',$string);  echo $string; // output: die