Hey,
So I have a function to generate a slug URL, all the generated URLs must match a .htaccess rewriterule allowing only alpha-numerics, hyphens and underscores.
My question is; how do I remove ALL characters other than the allowed characters.
For reference, my URL rewrite is ([0-9a-zA-Z_-]+) -Sam
samarudge
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[0-9a-zA-Z_-]represents the set of allowed characters, and that $url contains the hyperlink you want to "clean", then try:$url = preg_replace('#[^0-9a-zA-Z_-]#','',$url);
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hielo
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assuming [0-9a-zA-Z_-] represents the set of allowed characters, and that $url contains the hyperlink you want to "clean", then try:
$url = preg_replace('#[^0-9a-zA-Z_-]#','',$url);
samarudge
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assuming
[0-9a-zA-Z_-]represents the set of allowed characters, and that $url contains the hyperlink you want to "clean", then try:$url = preg_replace('#[^0-9a-zA-Z_-]#','',$url);
Yup that worked, tnx
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