this is what i have right now Drawing an RSS feed into the php, the raw xml from the rss feed reads: The php that i have so far is this. The above returns; If i remove the utf_decode, i get this When i try a str_replace; It doesnt work, i get; Any thoughts? Answer Try this: If this is

removing strange characters from php string

this is what i have right now

Drawing an RSS feed into the php, the raw xml from the rss feed reads:

Paul’s Confidence

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Paul’s Confidence​

The php that i have so far is this.

$newtitle = $item->title;
$newtitle = utf8_decode($newtitle);

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$newtitle = $item->title;$newtitle = utf8_decode($newtitle);​

The above returns;

Paul?s Confidence

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Paul?s Confidence​

If i remove the utf_decode, i get this

Paulâ€™s Confidence

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Paulâ€™s Confidence​

When i try a str_replace;

$newtitle = str_replace("”", "", $newtitle);

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$newtitle = str_replace("”", "", $newtitle);​

It doesnt work, i get;

Paulâ€™s Confidence

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Paulâ€™s Confidence​

Any thoughts?

Try this:

$newtitle = html_entity_decode($newtitle, ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8")

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$newtitle = html_entity_decode($newtitle, ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8")​