|  | Posted by Steve on 09/26/07 13:21 
"Karin J" <k.x.jensen@googlemail.com> wrote in message news:1190800981.199664.221350@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
 Hi everyone
 
 I am using a ereg_replace to strip all but certain allowed characters
 from a string:
 $string = ereg_replace("([^ 0-9A-Za-zSOZsozYΐ-ΦΨ-φψ-ώ-])","",$string);
 
 use preg. read the manual for an explanation.
 
 I would like to extend this to allow HTML character references of the
 form "&#number;" where number is the three or four digit code number
 of the character.   Examples would be "ä" and "ẽ".
 
 I am sorry but regular expressions hurt my brain!
 
 as well as reading the manual. ;^) were you to have, you'd notice that you
 would have been instructed to use preg rather than ereg for a miriad of
 reasons. not only that, but you'd see an example of preg_replace doing
 *exactly* what you're asking help on.
 
 if regex hurts your brain, don't use it...you won't be able to maintain it
 once you initially write it. it is a language in itself.
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