str_replace at the beggining

[bimmer528]

$replace = array(
"\\",
"'",
"$",
"%",
"#",
"@",
"!",
"&",
"^",
"*",
"(",")
",
"-"
);

$new = str_replace($replace,"",$name);
$newname = str_replace(" " , " " , $new);

This is stripping all matches in the string. Is there a way replace matches only at the very beggining of a string?

My aim at mysql entries which give me an error for invalid charecters at the beggining.

[Installer]

A couple of possible solutions:

function str_replace_special_1($str)
{
    $search = array('\\', "'", '$', '%', '#', '@', 
                    '!', '&', '^', '*', '(', ')', '-'); 
    foreach ($search as $replaceable) {
        if (substr($str, 0, 1) == $replaceable) {
            $str = substr_replace($str, '', 0, 1);
        }
    }
    return $str;
}

function str_replace_special_2($str)
{
    $search = array('\\', "'", '$', '%', '#', '@', 
                    '!', '&', '^', '*', '(', ')', '-'); 
    $str_1 = substr($str, 0, 1);
    $str_2 = substr($str, 1);
    $str_1 = str_replace($search, '', $str_1);
    return $str_1 . $str_2;
}

[bimmer528]

Getting an error

foreach($matches[1] as $key => $value) { //3
$str = $matches[1][$key];
$oldname = $matches[1][$key];
$ip = $matches[3][$key];
$id = $matches[2][$key];

function str_replace_special_2($str) 
{ 
    $find = array('\\', "'", '$', '%', '#', '@', 
                    '!', '&', '^', '*', '(', ')', '-'); 
    $str_1 = substr($str, 0, 1); 
    $str_2 = substr($str, 1); 
    $str_1 = str_replace($find, '', $str_1); 
    return $str_1 . $str_2; 
} 
$newname=str_replace_special_2($str);

echo $newname; 

msg

Cannot redeclare str_replace_special_2() (previously declared in /home/bimmer/light-speed.com/bimmer/modules/TOServerInfo/serverdata.php:52)

Line 52 being the start of the function. I don't understand where it is already being declared since the error is at the beggining of where it's first being declared.

[Installer]

You have the function inside a "foreach" loop. You can't do that; i'ts being redeclared each time the loop executes..

[bimmer528]

I could just remove the function and use the code inside correct?