title: How to match horizontal ellipse (…) in php
body: <p>I want to replace the horizontal ellipse (…) with three period (...)in a given string.<br>
  Till now I have tried are:</p>
  
  <p><code>str_replace('…','...', $text);</code><br>
  <code>str_replace('&amp;#8230;', '...', $text);</code><br>
  <code>str_replace('&amp;hellips', '...', $text);</code>  </p>
  
  <p>But not able to get the desired output. Can you please suggest some method for it.</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong><br>
  One more problem I am facing related to this is when I paste the ~…~u character in my editor (I am using Editplus). the ... are converted into a rectangle. (see screenshot). 
  <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/CB4OT.jpg" alt="enter image description here"> </p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>