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Examples with Character classes

<?php

$stringA = "1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.";
$stringB = preg_replace('/[[:^alnum:]]/', '', $stringA); // string(46) "1InthebeginningGodcreatedtheheavensandtheearth"
$stringC = preg_replace('/[[:^alpha:]]/', '', $stringA); // string(45) "InthebeginningGodcreatedtheheavensandtheearth"
$stringD = preg_replace('/[[:^ascii:]]/', '', "Pokémon"); // string(6) "Pokmon"
$stringE = preg_replace('/[[:^blank:]]/', '*', $stringA); // string(57) "* ** *** ********* *** ******* *** ******* *** *** ******"
$stringF = preg_replace('/[[:blank:]]/', '-', $stringA); // string(57) "1-In-the-beginning-God-created-the-heavens-and-the-earth."

$stringG = sprintf("Vertical Tabulation: %s", chr(11)); // string(22) "Vertical Tabulation: "
$stringH = preg_replace('/[[:cntrl:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(21) "Vertical Tabulation: "
$stringLengthG = strlen($stringG); // int(22)
$stringLengthH = strlen($stringH); // int(21)

$stringI = preg_replace('/[[:digit:]]/', '', 'My age is 35'); //string(10) "My age is "
$stringJ = preg_replace('/[[:^digit:]]/', '', 'My age is 35'); // string(2) "35"

$stringK = preg_replace('/[[:^graph:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(19) "VerticalTabulation:"
$stringL = preg_replace('/[[:graph:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(3) "  "

$stringM = preg_replace('/[[:lower:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(6) "V T: "
$stringN = preg_replace('/[[:^lower:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(16) "erticalabulation"

$stringO = preg_replace('/[[:^print:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(21) "Vertical Tabulation: "
$stringP = preg_replace('/[[:print:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(1) ""

$stringQ = preg_replace('/[[:punct:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(21) "Vertical Tabulation "
$stringR = preg_replace('/[[:^punct:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(1) ":"

$stringS = preg_replace('/[[:space:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(19) "VerticalTabulation:"
$stringT = preg_replace('/[[:^space:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(3) "  "

$stringU = preg_replace('/[[:upper:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(20) "ertical abulation: "
$stringV = preg_replace('/[[:^upper:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(2) "VT"

$stringW = preg_replace('/[[:word:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(4) " : "
$stringX = preg_replace('/[[:^word:]]/', '', $stringG); // string(18) "VerticalTabulation"

$stringY = preg_replace('/[[:xdigit:]]/', '', 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789'); // string(20) "ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
$stringZ = preg_replace('/[[:^xdigit:]]/', '', 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789'); // string(16) "abcdef0123456789"
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