PHP replace Zero Width Space using preg_replace

replace-zero-width-space.php

<?php

/**
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11305797/remove-zero-width-space-characters-from-a-javascript-string
 * U+200B zero width space
 * U+200C zero width non-joiner Unicode code point
 * U+200D zero width joiner Unicode code point
 * U+FEFF zero width no-break space Unicode code point
 */
 
$text = preg_replace( '/[\x{200B}-\x{200D}]/u', '', $text );

Does not removes U+FEFF, if you use exact range shown in sample code.
You need to include it explicitly, out of character class.

$text = preg_replace( '/[\x{200B}-\x{200D}\x{FEFF}]/u', '', $text );

Using @firestorm23 solution along with the gist worked for me. You can test it out by selecting the text here -> and running it through the preg_replace using firestorm23's solution

https://r12a.github.io/uniview/?charlist=*%2F%20%EF%BB%BF%40#title

$text = '*/ @';
$text = preg_replace('/[\x{200B}-\x{200D}\x{FEFF}]/u', '', $text);

Github will probably strip the zero-width character in this comment in the $text variable, just copy the text from link above

Does not removes U+FEFF, if you use exact range shown in sample code.
You need to include it explicitly, out of character class.

$text = preg_replace( '/[\x{200B}-\x{200D}\x{FEFF}]/u', '', $text );

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Thank you That works
$text = preg_replace( '/[\x{200B}-\x{200D}\x{FEFF}]/u', '', $text );

Thanks a lot, this was really helpful :)

THANK YOU!!!! I'm late to the party, but this really helped me out today.