Ok so its time for some more PHP tips.
Stripping characters from a string
If you want to strip certain characters from a string you can do so like this.
$string='I-need-to-get-rid-of-the-dashes';
$string=str_replace("-"," ",$string);
//result is - I need to get rid of the dashes
Here is another tid-bit. Splitting text. If you want to split a paragraph, you can use the following!
$string='This sentence has many words but i want to restrict it to only five.';
$string=implode(" ", array_slice(preg_split("/\s+/", $string), 0, 5));
//result is - This sentence has many words
You can also go a little further and split a paragraph or sentence in the middle. Missing the beginning and end and only using the middle part. See below.
$string='This sentence has many words but i want to restrict it to only five.';
$string=implode(" ", array_slice(preg_split("/\s+/", $string), 3, 5));
//result is - many words but i want
Easy enough! Just a little but they’re gems 
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