note 59535 added to function.preg-match-all

Re: webmaster at swirldrop dot com If you want to get a string with all the 'normal' characters, this may be better: $clean = preg_replace('/\W+/', '', $dirty); \W is the opposite of \w and will match any character that is not a letter or digit or the underscore character, plus it respects the current locale. Use [^0-9a-zA-Z]+ instead of \W if you need ASCII-only. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match-all.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+59535 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59535&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59535&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59535&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59535&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59535&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59535&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59535&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+59535&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php