$ext = "a_b_c";

    

    $ext_arr = explode('_', $ext);

    

    unset($ext_arr[0]);

    unset($ext_arr[count($ext_arr)]);

    

    $uid = "";

    foreach ($ext_arr as $value) {

       if ($uid == ""){

           $uid = $value;

       }else{

           $uid = $uid . "_" . $value;

       }

    }