removing strange characters from php string

Question

this is what i have right now

Drawing an RSS feed into the php, the raw xml from the rss feed reads:

Paul’s Confidence

The ph

Answer 1

Please Try this. 


$find[] = '/“/' //'“'; // left side double smart quote
$find[] = '/”/' //'â€'; // right side double smart quote
$find[] = '/‘/' //'‘'; // left side single smart quote
$find[] = '/’/' //'’'; // right side single smart quote
$find[] = '/ /'  //'…'; // elipsis
$find[] = '/‖/' //'—'; // em dash
$find[] = '/–/' //'–'; // en dash

$replace[] = '“' // '"';
$replace[] = '”' // '"';
$replace[] = '‘' // "'";
$replace[] = '’' // "'";
$replace[] = '⋯' // "...";
$replace[] = '—' // "-";
$replace[] = '–' // "-";

$text = str_replace($find, $replace, $text);