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Wednesday, 08 February 2012 11:05
How to strip non alphanumeric characters from a defined string with PHP
Here's a little snippet that allow's us to remove any non alphanumeric characters from strings. It would be very usefull when a developper need to format a given string from a registration form for example.
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<?php // Our string $words = "Hello! My Name Is Nabil SADKI 007!!!"; // Formatted string $formatted_words = preg_replace("[^A-Za-z0-9]", "", $words ); // This will print : HelloMyNameIsNabilSADKI007 // Get only alpha $formatted_words = preg_replace("[^A-Za-z]", "", $words ); // This will print : HelloMyNameIsNabilSADKI ?> |
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