How to remove <br /> tags and more from a string?
<p>I need to strip all <code>&lt;br /&gt;</code> and all 'quotes' (<code>"</code>) and all 'ands' (<code>&amp;</code>) and replace them with a space only ...</p>

<p>How can I do this? (in PHP)</p>

<p>I have tried this for the <code>&lt;br /&gt;</code>:</p>

<pre><code>   $description = preg_replace('&lt;br /&gt;', '', $description);
</code></pre>

<p>But it returned <code>&lt;&gt;</code> in place of every <code>&lt;br /&gt;</code>...</p>

<p>Thanks</p>
