<?php
$string = 'don't';
var_dump(preg_replace("/[^A-Za-z0-9 ]/", '', html_entity_decode($string, ENT_QUOTES)));
- Output for 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.40, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.26, 8.4.1 - 8.4.13
- string(4) "dont"
preferences:
130.41 ms | 408 KiB | 5 Q