PHP : preg_replace() with foreign characters not working correctly

Asked Nov 04 '13 at 05:22

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I have an array of strings in Korean similar to 사람 [saram] where they all consist of the Hangeul(Korean alphabet) and then the English pronunciation in brackets.

The preg_replace I have is:

preg_replace("/\[.*\]/u","","사람 [saram]");

But the output is always:

ì‚¬ëžŒ

or some similar gibberish.

I'm 90% sure it's the Korean characters because when I try:

preg_replace("/\[.*\]/u","","Person [saram]");

Only Person is outputted. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

asked Nov 04 '13 at 05:22

samuraiseoul

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What encoding is the PHP file in and what encoding are you using for the web page? – Pekka Nov 04 '13 at 05:26
have your try mbstring http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-ereg-replace.php – farmer1992 Nov 04 '13 at 05:28
I'm pretty new to regex and encoding in php, I have the HTML set to charset='UTF-8' How do I check the php encoding? – samuraiseoul Nov 04 '13 at 05:31

PHP : preg_replace() with foreign characters not working correctly

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