php - How to remove 'em' dash from a string?

Solution:

The above didn't work for me but this did:

$s1clean = str_replace(chr(151), '', $s1clean); // emdash
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Note: for endash use

$s1clean = str_replace(chr(150), '', $s1clean); // endash
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from Jay: http://php.net/manual/en/function.str-replace.php#102465

Solution:

Your dashes are a mix of long dash{-code-1} and hypen-minus (short dash)- -if you view your code and the title in a different font you will see the difference.

There are 2 short dashes at the start that your code removes, and some long dashes later that it doesn't remove.

Adding this will fix it (this is a different dash even if it doesn't look like one):

$s1clean = str_replace('{-code-1}', '', $s1clean);
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Edit

Alternatively duplicate the 2013 code line but use the hyphen-minus's code002D instead of 2013:

 $em_dash = html_entity_decode('-', ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); 
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If you edit in a fixed width font both appear the same, but are not.

Solution:

This one works for me

$title = "Hunting, Tactical & Outdoor Optics eCommerce Store ΓÇô $595,000 ΓÇö SOLD";
$title = str_replace(html_entity_decode('–', ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'), '-', $title);
$title = str_replace(html_entity_decode('—', ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'), '-', $title);
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