PJ wrote:
1. What is the overhead on preg_replace?
Compared to what? If you write a 3 line regex, it's going to take some processing.
2. Is there a better way to strip spaces and non alpha numerical characters from text strings? I suspect not... maybe the Shadow does ???
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