PHP: Remove unwanted characters like < > " from passed path value

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/**
 * Removes unwanted characters like < > " from passed path value
 *
 * @param   string  $value  The value to clean
 * @param   string  $replaceWith  The replacement (empty by default)
 * @return  string  Cleaned path value
 */
function mp_getCleanPathVar($value, $replaceWith = '')
{
    $value  = (string) trim($value);
    $aMatch = array('&lt;', '&gt;', '&quot;', '<', '>', "'", '"', '`');
    foreach ($aMatch as $p => $v) {
        $value = str_replace($v, $replaceWith, $value);
    }
    return $value;
}


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## Example

$path = '/"var</www/&quot;';
echo mp_getCleanPathVar($path);