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PHP: Can I remove ‪ #‎ from string

I need to remove ‪#‎ from string. I found this method:

$string = preg_replace('/[\x00-\x1F\x80-\xFF]/', '', $string);

It doesn't work for the Thai language. I want to remove like this:

from

‪#‎Apple‬ ‪#‎ผลไม้‬

to

#Apple #ผลไม้
Solution

  • I can not understand why str_replace() did not work for you. This will do the job:

    function cleanString($string) {
    $search = array('‪', '‎', '‬');
    $replace = array('', '', '');

    return str_replace($search, $replace, $string);
}
$string = '‪#‎Apple‬ ‪#‎ผลไม้‬';

echo $string . "\n";
echo cleanString($string) . "\n";

    Output is:

    ‪#‎Apple‬ ‪#‎ผลไม้‬
#Apple #ผลไม้

    Working example can be found at http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/bbdbdf0758e5ea06faf32281021ae859b6d75a51