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I have a variable $name which can sometimes contain spaces and special characters like '%' '&' etc.how can I remove all of those using regex or in any other way?

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public function handle()
{
    $urls = Business::pluck('ical');
    $names = Business::pluck('name');
    foreach ($urls as $url) {
        foreach ($names as $name) {
            $test= explode("\n", $name);
            dd($test);
        $response = Curl::to($url)
            ->download('ical/'.$name.'.ics');
    }
Przemek Wojtas
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Use the preg_replace() function of PHP.

$name = preg_replace('/[^\w\d]+/', '', $name);

The regex /[^\w\d]+/ matches all white space and special characters.

https://www.tinywebhut.com/regex/2

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