Can't remove special characters with str_replace

Question

I have a very trivial problem with str_replace.

I have a string with the En Dash character ( - ) like this:

I want to remove - the dash

Answer 1

i've managed to do this by calling remove_filter( 'the_title', 'wptexturize' ); in functions.php an then you perform a str_replace or whatever by "-" sign;