So I got a search box in a site we're developing that will search in a database with both English and Greek product strings. I'm trying to clear the text input from all kinds of special characters like: / . , ' ] [ % & _ etc. and replace them with a space or totally delete them. Even double instances of them should be deleted, like ^^, &&, [[ etc.
I have been messing around with preg_replace but can't find a solution...
Thanks in advance.