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Remove special characters and symbols from Api data(For affiliates)

  • jakemadness Level 1
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    Remove special characters and symbols from Api data(For affiliates)

    Hi I noticed with the Api, That it receives the titles and descriptions with symbols / special characters if the user put them in there service info. So I made a little function for the affiliates to remove the symbols (If wanted)

    Example of description before function:
    <=====++++++++++Buy now for 1$++++++++++=====> This is an awesome service

    Example after ran in function:
    Buy now for 1$ This is an awesome service



    Just add below anywhere in you're script


    fucntion ReplaceSymbols($string) {
      $Text_Tidy = preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9_ $%\[\]\.\(\)%&-]/s', '', $string);
      echo $Text_Tidy;
    }
     


    Then use something like this to call it
    ReplaceSymbols($data->description);


    I hope some of you find it useful Remove special characters and symbols from Api data(For affiliates)
    If you own an affiliate store you most likely noticed a lot of symbols in some service descriptions this helped me alot. If you have a method to solve problems like this please share "sharing is caring"

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    robertman11

    robertman11

    Very useful, thanks for the share.
    11 years ago

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