Remove special characters using PHP

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My string is

iPad Applications In Bloom’s Taxonomy and ducause Review: “This Game Sucks”

Now I want to replace " ’ " by " ' " and " “ " by ' " '

I think what you're looking for is explained here in detail: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1262038/how-to-replace-microsoft-encoded-quotes-in-php. — Fatih, Sep 19 '11 at 12:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '11 at 12:43

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echo str_replace(array('’', '“', '”'), array("'", '"', '"'), 'iPad Applications In Bloom’s Taxonomy and ducause Review: “This Game Sucks”');

See the results of execution on ideone

answered Sep 19 '11 at 12:43

zerkms

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But when i replace my string with variable name it does not work like this : str_replace(array('’', '“',"”"), array("'", '"','"'), $variableName); – Tushar Ahirrao Sep 19 '11 at 12:58
@Tushar Ahirrao: it does work for me. Show the exact code that doesn't work – zerkms Sep 19 '11 at 13:03
Here is code : echo str_replace(array('’', '“','”'), array("'", '"','"'), $featuredTitle); – Tushar Ahirrao Sep 19 '11 at 13:05
@Tushar Ahirrao: and it works fine with the string you've given – zerkms Sep 19 '11 at 13:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 19 '11 at 12:44

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$text = "iPad Applications In Bloom’s Taxonomy and ducause Review: “This Game Sucks”"
$search = array("’", "“");
$replace = array("'", '"');
$new_text = str_replace($search,$replace,$text);

answered Sep 19 '11 at 12:44

Ergec

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But when i replace my string with variable name it does not work like this : str_replace(array('’', '“',"”"), array("'", '"','"'), $variableName); – Tushar Ahirrao Sep 19 '11 at 12:58
It definitely works unless those characters look similar but are actually different. check character codes of each letter in your string with `chr()` command in php and use like this `$search = array(chr(xxx), chr(xxx));` – Ergec Sep 19 '11 at 13:17

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 19 '11 at 12:43

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Try str_replace function.

answered Sep 19 '11 at 12:43

KV Prajapati

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But when i replace my string with variable name it does not work like this : str_replace(array('’', '“',"”"), array("'", '"','"'), $variableName); – Tushar Ahirrao Sep 19 '11 at 12:58
@Tushar Ahirrao - Then show us your code please. – KV Prajapati Sep 19 '11 at 14:16

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 19 '11 at 12:44

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You can use str_replace :

 $string = str_replace(array("’",  "“"), array("'", '"'), $string);

answered Sep 19 '11 at 12:44

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But when i replace my string with variable name it does not work like this : str_replace(array('’', '“',"”"), array("'", '"','"'), $variableName); – Tushar Ahirrao Sep 19 '11 at 12:58

sankar.suda · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-19T12:48:58.723

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You can create array of character what you want to remove and use str_replace to replace with something else.

ex: $remove = array(',','"',"'",'by','and son on..');
$str = iPad Applications In Bloom’s Taxonomy and ducause Review: “This Game Sucks”;
$return = str_replace($remove,' ',$str);

thanks..

edited Sep 19 '11 at 12:48

answered Sep 19 '11 at 12:45

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But when i replace my string with variable name it does not work like this : str_replace(array('’', '“',"”"), array("'", '"','"'), $variableName); – Tushar Ahirrao Sep 19 '11 at 12:58

Remove special characters using PHP

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