$re = '/(\+\w+\h?)|./m';
$str = '+Z XA( 0,1,6,22,26,33,34,35,36,25,24) +DD +I +M >x1 >bdz +A';
$subst = "$1";
$result = preg_replace($re, $subst, $str);
echo "The result of the substitution is ".$result;
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for PHP, please visit: http://php.net/manual/en/ref.pcre.php