Can't get rid of "\f" string

[bulrush]

I've tried several variations of preg_replace to get rid of this string: "\f". But nothing seems to remove it. What am I doing wrong? Here is what I've tried.

$partname=preg_replace('/\f/', '', $partname); 
$partname=preg_replace('/\\f/', '', $partname); 

This works fine in Perl, but not in PHP. In Perl you simply escape the backslash with another backslash.

 

[Anti-Moronic]

Sorry I can't be more help - but have you tried using " " instead of ' '.

 

PHP will treat \f as a literal if it's enclosed in ' '.

[tgeorge06]

what if you did

$partname = str_replace("\f", "", "$partname");

 

[bulrush]

str_replace not working either. I tried:

$partname = str_replace("\f", "", "$partname");

$partname = str_replace("\f", "", $partname); //No quotes around $partname

 

All my other preg_replaces work, but I don't use backslash in any of them. It appears preg_replace and str_replace choke on a backslash.

 

[tgeorge06]

What about using ". ." around the \f

$partname = str_replace(".\f.", "", "$partname");

[bulrush]

It worked! This is the only thing that worked.

$partname = str_replace("\\f", "", "$partname");