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Revision: 33309
at October 7, 2010 20:47 by blipz
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# Legend for regular expression pattern used
# \s - whitespace
# [] - grouping
# \ - escape character
# \. - dot character


$text = 'this>! is %#4>sample* file 01.jpg';
$output = preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z\s0-9\.]/', '', $text);
echo $output;


#result: this is 4sample file 01.jpg

Revision: 33308
at October 7, 2010 20:45 by blipz
Initial Code 
$text = 'this>! is %#4>sample* file 01.jpg';
$output = preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z\s0-9\.]/', '', $text);
echo $output;

result: this is 4sample file 01.jpg
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This will strip special characters and return only what is required and very useful in search queries to avoid xss injections.

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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php strip special characters from text using preg_replace

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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