PHP trim non standard characters from the string

Question

I am trying to save an XML file with a string pulled out of a text file (which is actually a converted PDF to TXT file). In CMD (php.exe) the echo command shows the string normally, without any extra characters, but in an XML file I get a different input.

This is the string that I am trying to save.

Ponedjeljak

In CMD it shows it like this

Ponedjeljak\n

While in XML the string is stored with some extra characters, like this

Ponedjeljak
&#13;

I have tried using preg_replace like this

preg_replace("/&#\\d+;|\n/", "", $dan);

But the string and the extra line are still saved in the XML. What am I doing wrong here and why is it saving the extra characters in the XML file? Both PHP and XML files are in UTF-8 encoding.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '16 at 16:13

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Try this:

$string = str_replace(array("\n", "\r"), '', $string);

answered Feb 03 '16 at 16:13

Iberê

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So the represents a newline character? – Petar-Krešimir Feb 03 '16 at 16:18
Looks like a carriage return http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1459170/what-is-13 – Iberê Feb 03 '16 at 16:21

PHP trim non standard characters from the string

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