This doesn't seem to work, have I done something wrong?
$sometext = "ThÀe cØar röøan over mÖy dog\n";
$thread = ereg_replace("[^[:alnum:][:space:]]", "", $sometext);
echo $thread;
still prints:
ThÀe cØar röøan over mÖy dog
Thanks,
Clayton
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To: "Clayton Dukes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 2:28 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Unwanted Characters
> Clayton Dukes wrote:
> >
> > How do I remove unwanted/unprintable characters from a variable?
> >
> > $sometext = "ThÀe cØar röøan over mÖy dog"
> > needs to be filtered and reprinted as:
> > "The car ran over my dog"
> >
> > Thanks :-)
> > Clayton Dukes
>
> <?php
> $sometext = "ThÀe cØar röøan over mÖy dog";
> $thread = ereg_replace("[^[:alnum:][:space:]]", "", $sometext);
> echo $thread
> ?>
>
> will print what you asked - of course you may not want numbers but you
> get the idea.
> I do this check on all my user inputs to php scripts- I choose what is
> allowed not what to deny which makes it easier.
>
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