Strip text for rss

[uknowho008]

this should be a simple answer but i cant figure out what to use to strip text for use in rss.

 

i keep getting errors because of things like "–"

 

thanks for the help

[chigley]

<?php

$str = "abcd-efghi-jklmno-p";

$str = str_replace("-", "", $str); // abcdefghijklmnop

?>

 

And to remove a series of characters:

 

<?php

$remove = array("-", "+", "<", ">");
$string = "-a+b<c>d";

foreach($remove as $search) {
$string = str_replace($search, "", $string);
}

echo $string; // abcd

?>

[uknowho008]

i was hoping to find a function that just cut out everything that cant be used in rss. but i guess that will work. thanks

[chigley]

Why do you need to cut things out in the first place? What are you trying to do?

[uknowho008]

im just trying to make an rss out of data in my database. but i get errors from having some things in the description.

[per1os]

Create your own function to strip those items. PHP does not know what RSS standards are, nor should they.

 

I am sure if you google around someone already created a similiar function. Best of luck.