PHP replace … with

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I have a txt file (File encoded in ANSI according to Notepad++) that has '…' in it. I am reading in the file line by line, and I would like to replace … with ...

Everything I try seems to fail

$str = htmlentities($str); # trying to convert to … as I can deal with this
$str = mb_ereg_replace("…","...",$str);
$str = str_replace("…", "...", $str);

All of the above aren't working! What am I missing and how can I fix this issue?

NOTE: My php script that is trying to fix this is encoded in UTF8 and the php header is UTF8

Thanks in advance for any help!

If you open the txt file in a hex editor, what bytes represent the …? — icktoofay
– icktoofay, Commented Nov 26, 2011 at 22:54

icktoofay · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-26 23:03:01Z

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As you said it is represented with the byte 0x85 in the file, try this:

$str = str_replace("\x85", "...", $str);

answered Nov 26, 2011 at 23:03

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