Try str_replace.
$string = "whatever";
$invalidChars = array("(", ")", "\\", "\"", "'"); //put whatever characters
here
trim(str_replace($invalidChars, "",$string))
----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek C Hopkins" <derek.hopkins@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:10 PM
Subject: using preg_replace or equivelent
Hi All
Not knowing cgi-script I am having trouble understanding the
preg_replace function in PHP.
What I want to do is remove all ocurances of the following items
from a string
All spaces, open brackets, close brackets, apostriphy, and
period (full stop)
from a string such as these
Audlin,Mary Ann,Spalding,14,412
Audsley,David.,Leeds,23,354
Audsley,David (Male),Leeds,23,354
Audsley,David O'Shannesey,Leeds,23,354
My thoughts were the following code
But it does not work
# need to remove punctuation in forname, ( . )
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
$patterns[0] = '/./'; $pattern[1] = '/(/'; $pattern[2] = '/)/';
$pattern[3] = "'"; $pattern[4] = '/ /';
$replacements[0] = "-"; $replaements[1] = "2"; $replacements[2] = "3";
$replaements[3] = "4";
$forname = preg_replace($patterns,$replacements ,$forname);
$surname = preg_replace($patterns,$replacements ,$surname);
What happens is all characters get changed to - (the first 0
replacement.
Any help with this or another solution would be appreciated.
Cheers Derek
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