note 70521 deleted from function.ereg-replace by tularis
| From: | tularis@php.net | Date: | Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:23:20 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 70521 deleted from function.ereg-replace by tularis | ||
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Note Submitter: steve at stevewinner dot com
Reason: useless
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<?php
$string="This, is: a' stri%ng\" \\ with lots% of
()punt*uation@!#^>!-_+=}{|/;`~><.,?&^ ";
// strips a string of all punctuation
$newString= trim(ereg_replace('[^A-Za-z0-9[:space:]]', '', $string));
// strips all punctuation except double quotes (usefull for search strings that may use google style
double quotes to search for exact occurences.
$newString= trim(ereg_replace('[^A-Za-z0-9"[:space:]]', '', $string));
?>