str_replace() not working

Anon

Hey,

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str_replace( " ", "", $text )

does not work. I've tried single space, double space between and . Basically I am trying to parse out junk from word doc saved as HTML. I am ending up with left in some places and I can't get rid of it. Nohow! Help! Any other suggestions on my current solution would be helpful.

Here is my code:

function safeHTML($text)
{
$text = substr( $text, strpos ( $text, "<body" ) );
$text = eregi_replace("[[:space:]]+", " ", $text);

$text = str_replace( "<h1>", "<h3>", $text );
$text = str_replace( "</h1>", "</h3>", $text );
$text = str_replace( "<x ", $text );
$text = str_replace( "<x ", $text );
$text = str_replace( "> <", "", $text );

$text = strip_tags( $text, '<a><h3> ');
$text = str_replace( "", "", $text );
$text = str_replace( " ", "", $text );
$text = str_replace( " ", "", $text );
// $text = str_replace( "??", "", $text );
$text = eregi_replace("[[:space:]]+", "", $text);

//echo strpos( $text, " " );

return $text;
}

Randy

rikblank

Hi,
Does the following help?

$text = str_replace( "", "", $text);
$text = str_replace( "", "", $text);

$text = str_replace( "", "", $text);
$text = str_replace( " ", "", $text);

$text = str_replace( " ", "", $text);
$text = str_replace( "", "", $text);

Regards,
Rik

Anon

IN hex it show

as AO20 where A) is dec 160 which is   and 20 is space, but str_replace("  " does not do it. Need expert help. Thanks.

Randy

Anon

I can get rid of and and space but not space or what I really need and that is space space . The space after ? is a mystery char. Like I said, HEX shows AO which I feel is   but   does not get removed. Is my syntax correct?

  $text = str_replace( "<p>&nbsp;", "", $text );

$text = str_replace( " ", "", $text );

I must remove the " " together because there might be legit removed otherwise.

Thanks.

rikblank

$string = 'String peace second string peace';

Would this be similar to your $text?

if so I can get rid of it with this code:
$string = str_replace(" ", "removed", $string);

Anon

i guess only...

ex)
$test=
" The Cost: ? $ ";
.
.
str_replace( "> <", "", $text );
after:
$test=
"</pp>The Cost:</pp>?</pp>$ ";
.
.
so
str_replace( " ", "", $text );
does not work.
why? no longer " " string....!

please check your code step...

Anon

Thanks for everyone's help. Problem is still there.

Here is my function, I have tried many variations.

function safeHTML($text)
{
$text = substr( $text, strpos ( $text, "<body" ) );
$text = eregi_replace("[[:space:]]+", " ", $text);

$text = str_replace( "<h1>", "<h3>", $text );
$text = str_replace( "</h1>", "</h3>", $text );
$text = str_replace( "<x ", $text );
$text = str_replace( "<x ", $text );
$text = str_replace( "> <", "", $text );

$text = strip_tags( $text, '<a><h3> ');
$text = str_replace( "  ", "", $text );
//$text = str_replace( " ", "", $text );
//$text = str_replace( " ", "", $text );
//$text = str_replace( " ", "", $text );
//$text = str_replace( " ", "", $text );
//$text = eregi_replace("[[:space:]]+", "", $text);

//echo strpos( $text, " " );

return $text;
}

Here is a link to the file that needs to be stripped of codes.

http://www.iodis.com/example_files/example2.htm

As you can see after the file is processed, there is still a section that causes problem in the display, ie. it is not wanted there. I appreciate anyone's help. I feel this is not a trivial problem. Kudo's to the guy who figures it out.

Thanks,
Randy

Anon

I've tried all the obvious stuff and it does not work. I just posted the original file to be processed and my strip function. If you have time to try your theories on the actual file, that would be appreciated. I'm not looking to stip all tags, just tags I dont want, and I don't want any empty tags like .

Thanks.
Randy

rikblank

Have you also tried Hama's post? I really think this would solve your problem. I've also tested the script and it seems to work fine by me. Also my sollutions worked.

Regards,
Rik