How can i remove symbol from the title?

Question

I want to remove the symbol from the title. When any user post their ads in my site they write anything with some symbol like "&, +, -, _, $, ^, =,". This type of symbol i want to remove automatic from the title. I have tried for the space and success. I used for removing space with "-" this code

  <?php 
  $title = str_replace(' ', '-', $row['title']) 
  ?>

I want to all this "&, +, -, _, $, ^, =," symbol. Please help me.

You're probably looking for this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7605480/str-replace-for-multiple-items — Gohn67, Feb 04 '14 at 09:45

Victor Bocharsky · Answer 1 · 2014-02-04T10:00:50.870

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Better use htmlentities PHP function for convert all applicable characters to HTML entities:

$title = htmlentities($row['title']);

or use it if you really have a string "&, +, -, _, $, ^, =" of symbols:

$symbols = explode(",", "&, +, -, _, $, ^, =");
$title = str_replace($symbols, "", $row['title']);

edited Feb 04 '14 at 10:00

answered Feb 04 '14 at 09:46

Victor Bocharsky

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Works fine ofc, but its not what the OP asked for ... – Realitätsverlust Feb 04 '14 at 09:49
Yes, but I think that it meant exactly – Victor Bocharsky Feb 04 '14 at 09:51
And also I updated answer and add realization of what the OP asked for – Victor Bocharsky Feb 04 '14 at 09:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 04 '14 at 09:45

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<?php 
    $title = str_replace(array(" ", "&", "+", "-", "_", "$", "^", "="), '-', $row['title']);
?>

Untested, but should work.

Edit/ Yes it does.

answered Feb 04 '14 at 09:45

Realitätsverlust

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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You can do something like this:

function clean($string) {
   $string = str_replace(' ', '-', $string); // Replaces all spaces with hyphens.
   return preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9\-]/', '', $string); // Removes special chars.
}

check here:Remove all special characters from a string

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Feb 04 '14 at 09:45

Suresh Kamrushi

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that is what i mention the link. – Suresh Kamrushi Feb 04 '14 at 09:48

Paul Macey · Answer 4 · 2014-02-05T12:56:00.307

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How's about this?

$removeme = array("=", "+", "-", "_", "$", "^", "&", " ");
$finaltitle = str_replace($removeme , "-", $title);

EDIT

So if you assigned your title to $title and then ran it through str_replace as mentioned previously, it would possibly look like the below code:

$title = 'thi=s &is my-ti&tle_and^stuff';
$removeme = array("=", "+", "-", "_", "$", "^", "&", " ");
$finaltitle = str_replace($removeme , "-", $title);
echo $finaltitle // echos 'thi-s--is-my-ti-tle-and-stuff';

If you're just trying to generate a slug-url, could I recommend reading this link?

edited Feb 05 '14 at 12:56

answered Feb 04 '14 at 09:46

Paul Macey

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What will be the return code? – user3259990 Feb 04 '14 at 16:19
I have just updated my answer – Paul Macey Feb 05 '14 at 12:56

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 04 '14 at 12:45

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Try this..
<?php
$row['title'] = preg_replace('/(\&|\+|\-|\_|\s|\$|\^|\=)/','-',$row['title']);
?>

answered Feb 04 '14 at 12:45

Vegeta

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How can i remove symbol from the title?

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