function safe_replace($string) {
$string = str_replace(' ','',$string);
$string = str_replace(''','',$string);
$string = str_replace(''','',$string);
$string = str_replace('*','',$string);
$string = str_replace('"','"',$string);
$string = str_replace("'",'',$string);
$string = str_replace('"','',$string);
$string = str_replace(';','',$string);
$string = str_replace('<','<',$string);
$string = str_replace('>','>',$string);
$string = str_replace("{",'',$string);
$string = str_replace('}','',$string);
return $string;
}