<?php

/*
Snippet Title:حذف الرموز غير المرغوب فيها من اكواد html
Snippet Link:http://www.awcore.com/snippets?snippet=157
Snippet Date:Thu, 01 Jan 70 02:00:00 +0200
Snippet Last Update:Thu, 01 Jan 70 02:00:00 +0200
*/

function remEntities($str) {
  if(substr_count($str, '&') && substr_count($str, ';')) {
    // Find amper
    $amp_pos = strpos($str, '&');
    //Find the ;
    $semi_pos = strpos($str, ';');
    // Only if the ; is after the &
    if($semi_pos > $amp_pos) {
      //is a HTML entity, try to remove
      $tmp = substr($str, 0, $amp_pos);
      $tmp = $tmp. substr($str, $semi_pos + 1, strlen($str));
      $str = $tmp;
      //Has another entity in it?
      if(substr_count($str, '&') && substr_count($str, ';'))
        $str = remEntities($tmp);
    }
  }
  return $str;
}

?>