$new = preg_replace('/[^a-z]/i','',$old);
Note that this will also get rid of the - in this case since you
specifically asked for something that got rid of everything not a-z
-Rasmus
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, andy wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am still searching for a function which is replacing all chars not between
> [a-z] for exampe a province name like: min�aqah-ash-shamal�yah into valid
> chars or just deleting them. There seems to be an endless amount of those
> chars.
>
> Thanx for any hint,
>
> andy
>
>
>
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