Remove degree symbol from string php

Question

i have in database a string written with degree symbol, problem is when im printing it im getting it with unicode, each unicode is different even they are the same symbol, its driving me crazy how can replace the degree symbol for white space, im doing it this way:

 foreach ($video as $desc) {
          if (preg_match('/\/(.*?)"E/', $desc, $match) == 1) {
                $test = preg_replace('/[^\x20-\x7E]/', '', $match[1]);
                echo $test;
            }
         }

and my output is:

22\u00b017'44.1\"N, 114\u00b010'07.7\ 
22\u00b016'55.5\"N, 114\u00b009'16.9\
22\u00b018'50.6\"N, 114\u00b013'00.5\ 
22\u00b017'14.4\"N, 114\u00b009'04.0\
22\u00b023'16.3\"N, 114\u00b011'05.5\
22\u00b018'48.3\"N 114\u00b013'28.6\

each \u00b017 is the degree symbol printed in postman, but i dont want them, cant remove it or replace it since each one of them are different, theres no way i can set it manually

check this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1176904/how-to-remove-all-non-printable-characters-in-a-string — Bhavik, Dec 19 '22 at 11:11
You've made a mistake, `\u00b0` is the degree symbol, `17` is the minute value. — shingo, Dec 19 '22 at 11:19

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 19 '22 at 11:14

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The degree symbol is \u00b0. You can use str_replace instead of RegEx to remove it:

str_replace('\u00b0', '', $test);

answered Dec 19 '22 at 11:14

Skip

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this doesnt work, as i said each unicode is different, i wont be putting each different unicode to the replace function – lol69 Dec 19 '22 at 11:15
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The degree symbol itself is `\u00b0`, so the next two digits should be the minutes. – Skip Dec 19 '22 at 11:22
so dumb lol, i think i copy it wrong – lol69 Dec 19 '22 at 11:24

Remove degree symbol from string php

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