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Asked: 2026-05-24T22:02:22+00:00

What do I need to do to alter this to allow ampersands in the

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What do I need to do to alter this to allow ampersands in the $result?

function replace($s){
    $result = preg_replace("/[^\p{Latin}0-9'-]+/u", "", html_entity_decode($s, ENT_QUOTES));
    return $result;
}
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  1. Editorial Team

    Just add & to the exclusion in the pattern.

    $result = preg_replace("/[^\p{Latin}0-9&'-]+/u", "", html_entity_decode($s, ENT_QUOTES));

    (Be careful: the - should stay at the end, otherwise it might be interpreted as describing a range of characters, like 0-9)

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