quantizer

function removeEmoji($text)
    {
        $cleanText = "";

        // Match Emoticons
        $regexEmoticons = '/[\x{1F600}-\x{1F64F}]/u';
        $cleanText = preg_replace($regexEmoticons, '', $text);

        // Match Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
        $regexSymbols = '/[\x{1F300}-\x{1F5FF}]/u';

ck-on

<?php
/*
OCP - Opcache Control Panel   (aka Zend Optimizer+ Control Panel for PHP)
Author: _ck_   (with contributions by GK, stasilok)
Version: 0.1.7
Free for any kind of use or modification, I am not responsible for anything, please share your improvements

* revision history
0.1.7  2015-09-01  regex fix for PHP7 phpinfo
0.1.6  2013-04-12  moved meta to footer so graphs can be higher and reduce clutter