Methods to remove specific characters from string?

Question

I need to remove the brackets \"[\" and \"]\" from $widget_text in the variable value below and store the result in $widget_id.

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Answer 1

If the brackets are always at first and last position, use this:

$widget_id = substr($widget_text, 1, strlen($widget_text)-2);

I think this is a faster way...