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<?php
/*
this text alone will display: There are 12\' in-a-foot
applying these strtr function will remove the  \ and replace - with 
a single space,
you can add more unwanted characters to be removed
*/


$remove = array( "\\" => "", "-" => " " );
echo strtr("There are 12' in-a-foot", $remove ) ;