[Resolved] Stripping out " from variable

[Spudgun]

Hi all
Been trying to strip out quotation marks from a variable in a form. I have tried using preg replace (this results in no data being passed so I'm definitely going wrong somewhere!) and I can't get the syntax right for str_replace

My code is :

$commentsnew1 = preg_replace("'","",$commentsnew);
//this works but when trying to do it for " 
I tried preg_replace("\"","",$commentsnew); 

All help appreciated
Cheers

[ednark]

ok you are not quite understanding how preg_ function work

for ereg_ function your regular expression is given in a plain string
"x" will find an x

for preg_ function your regular expression has to exist between delimiters most commonly // but can be any character. because the mimic perl where the expression was not a string but a command.

"/x/" will find an x

preg_replace("\"","",$commentsnew);

needs to become

preg_replace( '/"/', '', $commentsnew );

[Spudgun]

Thanks mate. Sorted me out a treat! Will have to learn to read more clearly!
Thanks again

[Weedpacket]

If you're interested, the corresponding calls for str_replace would be

$commentsnew = str_replace("'","", $commentsnew);
//and
$commentsnew=str_replace("\"", "", $commentsnew);

[Spudgun]

Ah - that makes me feel better! At least I was only confusing the syntax between the two functions!
Thanks Weedpacket!