why does str_replace replaces my character with a semicolon?

Question

I\'m new to PHP (so no bullying please) and I\'m trying to trim a variable to remove quotation marks. For some reason, my quotation marks are replaced by semicolons, anybody kno

Answer 1

Your text is not "Veronica Mars". It's probably this:

"Veronica Mars"

If you strip &#x22, only the ; remains.

What you see in the browser screen is the result of rendering some HTML code.