note 118182 added to function.utf8-decode

Getting rid of all unicode characters in a string seems fairly simple to me using the following: $str = str_replace('?', '', utf8_decode($str)); Not sure why the long, dragged-out functions for this are needed. The above seems to work just fine. ---- Server IP: 61.55.167.214 Probable Submitter: 96.245.39.46 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-decode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/118182 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118182/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118182/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118182/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118182/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118182/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118182/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118182 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/118182 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php