^ Start of line
$ End of line
n? Zero or only one single occurrence of character ‘n’
n* Zero or more occurrences of character ‘n’
n+ At least one or more occurrences of character ‘n’
n{2} Exactly two […]
ereg_replace
To delete all signs / symbols from a string, you can use the function with special values:
ereg_replace(”[[:punct:]]”,”,$string);
The following is a set of special values that denote certain common ranges. They have the advantage that also take in account the ‘locale’ i.e. any variant of the local language/coding system.
[:digit:] Only the […]