[RESOLVED] Need help with ereg_replace!!

[lelyea]

I cannot make the following line of code work:

$newstring = ereg_replace('~`!@#\$%^&*()_+-={}[]|\\:;"\'<,>.\?/' ,"",$text);

I'm attempting to remove any of those characters and not leave a space. If I code each as a separate line of code it works.

Any help is much appreciated!!

Len

[Drakla]

[man]str_replace[/man] with an array containing the values you want rid of - better for you.

EDIT: Sorry if you actually want to learn to get that to work and I've just offered an alternative you have no interest in - I see people do that and it winds me up sometimes.

[NogDog]

I would use [man]preg_replace[/man] along with [man]preg_quote[/man]:

$badChars = "!@#$%/\\_-'\"~"; // edit for desired list of chars to be replaced
$string = preg_replace('/'.preg_quote($badChars).'/', '', $string);

[lelyea]

I followed Drakla's suggestion and used str_replace with an array. Works great.
Thanks for the fast replies.