removing strange characters from php string

Question

this is what i have right now

Drawing an RSS feed into the php, the raw xml from the rss feed reads:

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Answer 1

I solved the problem. Seems to be a short fix rather than the larger issue, but it works.

$newtitle = str_replace('’', "'", $newtitle);

I also found this useful snippit that may help others with same problem;

Thanks everyone for your time and consideration.