Simple PHP question

[nogenius]

Hi,

I am making a dynamic web site from a database. The database contains a field that has the html special character #233; (which converts to an e with an accent on it).

I'm generating URLs out of the field, and would like to strip the #233; character out and replace it with an empty space. I've tried various functions to do this, including strtr() and str_replace(), and they seem to have no effect.

Can anyone suggest a function that would be appropriate for this problem?

 

[chatmasta]

Just use a regular expression. I don't know if there is a premade function to do it or not, but it shouldn't matter if you are only doing it once. Here's some untested code for you.

preg_replace("/\#(.*?);/", ' ', $var);

 

[Stanley]

preg_replace("/\#233;/", ' ', $var);

 

[nogenius]

Thanks!
That worked, +rep for chatmasta and stanley.

 

[DomainRealty]

My two cents..why the hell would you want to strip that when you can just replace it with an "e"? The accent will be implied if necessary.

Jason