Strip characters from a string – PHP

Function:
Removes unwanted characters from a string.

Source:
function stripChars($sString, $sChars) {
for ($i=0; $i<strlen($sChars); $i++) {
$sString=str_replace($sChars[$i],”,$sString);
}
return $sString;
}

Example:
$sReturnString=stripChars(’(619) 555-1234′, ‘() -’);