How do I Remove the Enclosing Single Quotes from a String?

Question

I have an email address enclosed in single quotes:

$email = "'test@email.com'";

I want to remove the single quotes to obtain:

$email = "test@email.com";

I think test@email.com itself may also contain single quotes if I am not wrong. Is there a neat solution for this?

Answer 1

Remove surrounding quotes if present:

$email = trim($email, "'");

Answer 2

You can use the function trim() to remove the enclosing single quotes:

$email = trim($email, "'");