Why accent is cut with this regular expression

Asked Feb 25 '16 at 07:39

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While I was working, I found the following regular expression:

$returnValue = preg_replace('/(^|[^a-z0-9-])()($|[^a-z0-9-])/mi', '$1x$2$3', 'anulación', -1, $count);

And the result is:

'anulaci�x�n'

I have no clue why is happening, the caracter is uncodified.

Thanks in advance!!

asked Feb 25 '16 at 07:39

Try with the `u` modifier `/(^|[^a-z0-9-])()($|[^a-z0-9-])/miu` – Mihai Matei Feb 25 '16 at 07:41
The `/u` modifier is necessary when you want `preg_replace` to work with Unicode strings. Even if your pattern has no `\p{L}` or similar constructs. – Wiktor Stribiżew Feb 25 '16 at 07:41
It works! Thanks very much. – Raúl Catalán Luis Feb 25 '16 at 08:13

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