Online PHP editor | refs for g5q3a

<?php function removeEmoji($text) { $clean_text = ""; // Match Emoticons $regexEmoticons = '/[\x{1F600}-\x{1F64F}]/u'; $clean_text = preg_replace($regexEmoticons, '', $text); // Match Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs $regexSymbols = '/[\x{1F300}-\x{1F5FF}]/u'; $clean_text = preg_replace($regexSymbols, '', $clean_text); // Match Transport And Map Symbols $regexTransport = '/[\x{1F680}-\x{1F6FF}]/u'; $clean_text = preg_replace($regexTransport, '', $clean_text); // Match Miscellaneous Symbols $regexMisc = '/[\x{2600}-\x{26FF}]/u'; $clean_text = preg_replace($regexMisc, '', $clean_text); // Match Dingbats $regexDingbats = '/[\x{2700}-\x{27BF}]/u'; $clean_text = preg_replace($regexDingbats, '', $clean_text); return $clean_text; } echo "\xF0\x9F\x98\x81"; echo removeEmoji("\xF0\x9F\x98\x81");