Delete all between string From and TO

function delete_all_between($beginning, $end, $string)
    {
        $beginningPos = strpos($string, $beginning);
        $endPos = strpos($string, $end);
        if ($beginningPos === false || $endPos === false)
        {
            return $string;
        }

        $textToDelete = substr($string, $beginningPos, ($endPos + strlen($end)) - $beginningPos);

        return str_replace($textToDelete, '', $string);
    }

CAKEPHP Model validation of Complex Password

CAKEPHP Model validation 

'password' => array(
            'passlength' => array(
                'rule' => array('between', 6,15),
                'message' => 'Password should consist of 6-15 characters.'
            ),
            'passwordComplexity' => array(
                'rule' => array('passwordComplexity'),
                'message' => 'Must contain mixed-case letters, numbers and special characters @#!$&*_'
            ),
        ),

public function passwordComplexity($field = array())
    {
        if (isset($this->data[$this->alias]['password'])){
            $pattern = '/^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*\W)(?!.*\s).{6,20}$/i';
            $subject = $this->data[$this->alias]['password'];
            if (!preg_match($pattern, $subject)){
                return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }


VALIDATION regex 

with 41 Step
/^(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[!@#$&*_])(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[a-z])(?!.*\s).{6,20}$/i

with 38 Step
/^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*\W)(?!.*\s).{6,20}$/i

For More Help : 
http://www.rubular.com/r/pJRmWeFvKk
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