How do I remove all symbols (for example "\") from a text string.

How do I remove all symbols (for example "\") from a text string.
example
55555\444444
must be 55555444444

 

http://hr.php.net/str_replace

p.l.u.r.

 

This will remove everything apart from A-Z a-z 0-9 and space

$new_string = ereg_replace("[^A-Za-z0-9 ]", "", $string);

 

Nice solution

p.l.u.r.

 

If you're only looking to remove \, then you can also use strip_slashes();