removing strange characters from php string
<p>this is what i have right now</p>

<p>Drawing an RSS feed into the php, the raw xml from the rss feed reads:</p>

<pre><code>Paul&amp;#8217;s Confidence
</code></pre>

<p>The php that i have so far is this.</p>

<pre><code>$newtitle = $item-&gt;title;
$newtitle = utf8_decode($newtitle);
</code></pre>

<p>The above returns;</p>

<pre><code>Paul?s Confidence
</code></pre>

<p>If i remove the utf_decode, i get this</p>

<pre><code>Paulâ€™s Confidence
</code></pre>

<p>When i try a str_replace;</p>

<pre><code>$newtitle = str_replace("&amp;#8221;", "", $newtitle);
</code></pre>

<p>It doesnt work, i get;</p>

<pre><code>Paulâ€™s Confidence
</code></pre>

<p>Any thoughts?</p>
