In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Elan) 
wrote:

> I have a string, "'abc'". How do I convert it to "abc" (i.e. how do I
> strip the embedded single quotes) with a minimum of overhead?

If there's no chance that the string could also contain legit single-quotes 
(such as as an apoostrophe), you can simply use str_replace().

Otherwise, either str_replace() with strpos() -- to search/replace only on 
2nd char and 2nd-to-last character -- or good ol' preg_replace() by itself.

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