How to remove Characters With ASCII Value > 127 in php using Filters Advanced

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November 30, 2018
PHP

Remove Characters With ASCII Value > 127

The following example uses the filter_var() function to sanitize a string. It will both remove all HTML tags, and all characters with ASCII value > 127, from the string:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<?php
// Variable to check
$str = "<h1>Hello WorldÆØÅ!</h1>";

// Remove HTML tags and all characters with ASCII value > 127
$newstr = filter_var($str, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING, FILTER_FLAG_STRIP_HIGH);
echo $newstr;
?>

</body>
</html>