Remove unwanted characters

Question

I have a problem to displaying text. How to remove � this character from string.

I am getting the follow,

It�s back to the beginning for Tom Clancy�s CIA operative in this prequel/origin story. It�s back to the beginning for Tom Clancy�s CIA operative in this prequel/origin story.

This answer might help you http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1401317/remove-non-utf8-characters-from-string — Mircea Soaica, Jul 23 '14 at 08:38
This must be html entity. Which entity you are using in your code ? — TBI, Jul 23 '14 at 08:38
Be sure u use the correct encoding for your database, html files, database connection and charset meta tag — DarkBee, Jul 23 '14 at 08:40

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '14 at 08:40

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Run this code

$str = 'It�s back to the beginning for Tom Clancy�s CIA operative in this prequel/origin story. It�s back to the beginning for Tom Clancy�s CIA operative in this prequel/origin story.';
$str = filter_var($str,FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING,FILTER_FLAG_STRIP_HIGH);
echo $str ;

answered Jul 23 '14 at 08:40

Anju Aravind

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Thank you Anju Raghunath. Its working – user2861298 Jul 23 '14 at 08:46

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '14 at 08:44

Using filter_var function you can remove the unwanted character.It Filters a variable with a specified filter

$str = 'your string'


$str = filter_var($str,FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING,FILTER_FLAG_STRIP_HIGH);

echo $str;

It Returns the filtered data, or FALSE if the filter fails.

Documentation is found here http://php.net/manual/en/function.filter-var.php

Remove unwanted characters

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