Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/29/07 21:29

joanna wrote:
> Hi, I'm using preg_replace to strip out a bunch of unwanted stuff from
> the database. However the results seem to bunch up. Here's what I'm
> doing
>
> $old = htmlspecialchars($row['name']);
>
> $new = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Zs]/", "", $old);
>
> the results of this are
>
> TomSmith
>
> instead of
>
> Tom Smith
>
> What do I need to add to the expression to get the desired space
> between words?
>
>


Untried, but maybe something like:

$new = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z\s]/", "", $old);

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