How to match horizontal ellipse (...) in php

Question

I want to replace the horizontal ellipse (...) with three periods (...) in the given line.
So far I have tried:

str_replace('…','...', $text);
str_replace('…', '...', $text);
str_replace('&hellips', '...', $text);

But can not get the desired result. Can you suggest some method for this.

EDIT:
Another problem that I encountered is related to the fact that I insert the ~ ... ~ u character into my editor (I use Editplus) .... are converted to a rectangle. (see screenshot).

thanks

Answer 1

try using preg_replace with the / u modifier (the string is treated as a unicode string):

 $result = preg_replace('~…~u', '...', $string); 

Answer 2

try it

 str_replace('…', '...', htmlentities($text));