[RESOLVED] strip all special characters EXCEPT for spaces

[perpetualshaun]

Does anyone know how I can use an ereg_replace or preg_replace to return a value that's only alpha numberic, but ALSO stil return it w/ the spaces? For example, if the name of my product is: Joe's Special Parts

This function: preg_replace( '/[^a-z|0-9]/i', '', $prd['prd_titl'])

Will return this: JoesSpecialParts

So how could I modify that to retain the spaces?

[laserlight]

The key here is to define what you allow, and strip everything else. In this case you want to allow alphanumeric characters and spaces.

$replaced_string = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9 ]/i', '', $prd['prd_titl']);