[proper way to strip quotes?]

OK i got it to work, but it's a strange solution!

//Strip quotes
$fixcomment2 = str_replace('\"', '', $comment);
$comment = $fixcomment2;
$fixcomment2 = str_replace("\'", "", $comment);
$comment = $fixcomment2;

notice that for double quotes, i need to use single quotes (' \" '), but for single quotes i needed to use double (" \' "). it didn't work any other way!

[proper way to strip quotes?]

i've tried using the following to remove double quotes (i'll get to single eventually) from a string that the user can enter, but it's removing the entire word in quotes.

example:

blah blah "blah"

returns:

blah blah

should be:

blah blah blah

$fixcomment = str_replace("\x22", "", $comment);

or

$fixcomment = str_replace("\"", "", $comment);

any ideas?