how do i remove non html special characters??

From: Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 01:01:42 +0000
Subject: how do i remove non html special characters??
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hi all! i'm building a registration system, and i want to strip all funky character map symbols from the username as well. i know strip_tags() gets rid of html, but how do i get rid of them?? :( i just want simple a-z, A-Z and 0-9 allowed in the username. please help!! sunny ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie

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