[Resolved] ereg_replace 's at beginning and end of string

[perpetualshaun]

I'm looking for a way to eliminate the (') at the beginning and end of a string, but still leave the other ones that may be in there. Here's what I have to get rid of the single quotes at the beginning of the string:

$value = 'Arny's Plant Shop';
$converted = ereg_replace("^'", "", $value);

// will return - Arny's Plant Shop'

What can I add to kill that quote at the end as well?

Thanks,

Shaun

[laserlight]

In this case it would be better to use trim(), i.e.

$value = "'Arny's Plant Shop'";
$converted = trim($value, "'");