Replace non-breaking spaces with normal spaces

removeNbps.php

/**
 * Replace non-breaking spaces with normal spaces
 *
 * @param $str
 * @return string
 */
public function removeNbsp($str)
{
    $str = htmlentities($str);
    $str = str_replace(" ", " ", $str);
    $str = html_entity_decode($str);

    return $str;
}

$regular_spaces = str_replace("\xc2\xa0", ' ', $original_string);

$regular_spaces = str_replace("\xc2\xa0", ' ', $original_string);

This breaks Unicode characters..

This breaks Unicode characters..

@nirmit Why should this break unicode characters? Can you please elaborate on this why you think it does break them. Thank you!

(Looks like it is a upvoted and accepted answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40724543/how-to-replace-decoded-non-breakable-space-nbsp)