note 107744 added to function.preg-replace

to drop some "dangerous" characters that cause a crash in DB2 databases, you can use that technique : preg_replace('/[^\x09\x0A\x0D\x20-\x7F\xC0-\xFF]/', '', $str); I found this very effective technique in a very good page from Sitepoint (complete the sitepoint.com url with the string "character-encodings-and-input" to find the page). ---- Server IP: 195.221.21.36 Probable Submitter: 212.155.199.228 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/107744 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107744/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107744/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107744/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107744/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107744/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107744/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107744 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/107744 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php