Question

How to remove specific characters from a string in PHP

Answer 1

function removeSpecificCharactersFromString($str, $charsToRemove) {
    foreach ($charsToRemove as $ch) {
        $str = str_replace($ch, "", $str);
    }
    
    return $str;
}

$phone = "(555) 555-5555";
$charsToRemove = array('(', ')', '-');

$phone = removeSpecificCharactersFromString($phone, $charsToRemove);

echo $phone;



/*
run:

555 5555555

*/

 

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