How to remove special characters from string using php?

    Tue, 11/15/2011 - 11:19 — mohit sharma
    To remove special characters from string use preg_replace like this
    <?php
      $mydata     = 'this is @ test & Strings';

          $mydata = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9s]/", "", $mydata);

          //print $mydata; will output "thisistestStrings"
    ?>
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