strip parentheses from a string

[Anon]

hi guys,

been trying to get this to work for a while.

say a string is (Bob) and i want to make that just Bob without the parentheses how can i get ri of them.

need to strip the parentheses.

thanks in advance.

[Anon]

This probably isn't the most elegant way to do it, but it works.

$string ="(bob)";
$string = str_replace("(","",str_replace(")","",$string));

[Anon]

try this:

$str = '(Bob)';
$str = str_replace(array('(',')'), '', $str);

Diego