php preg_replace all but alphanumeric, space and accented letters

Question

I want to strip a string from all characters, except for: Alphanumeric characters, spaces and accented letters.

I got it to work for everything except for the accented letters:

$fname = preg_replace("/[^\w\space/", "", $fname);

What do I need to change in order to allow accented letters in the output?

https://stackoverflow.com/a/58959333/2943403 – mickmackusa Oct 14 '21 at 08:00 — mickmackusa, Oct 14 '21 at 08:00

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '15 at 13:46

When I was struggling to get things working, I found the answer myself, so I decided to share it with you:

$fname = preg_replace("/[^\w\space\pL]/", "", $fname);

The "pL" part matches anything in the Unicode letter category, so accented letters are allowed in the output.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 26 '21 at 05:42

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i found solution.

Accented letter

$str = 'paulraâj píc - accountant and knows Bilingüe';

Removing Accented letter

echo '<br>' .preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9_ -]/s', '', $str);

Result : paulraj pc - accountant and knows Bilinge
wow works great
Thanks

edited Oct 26 '21 at 05:42

Dharman

answered Oct 26 '21 at 05:37

Solomon Suraj

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 28 '15 at 13:50

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Please use this one :

$fname = preg_replace("/[^ \w]+/", "", $fname);

answered Dec 28 '15 at 13:50

Kuldeep Raj

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Please give some explanation around why that code is better and how it works to give more context to you answer – stuyam Dec 28 '15 at 21:29

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