$imdbGet = new IMDbFetch($result); echo '
'; var_dump($imdbGet->name); echo '
'; $imdbGet->name = str_replace("\"","",$imdbGet->name); var_dump($imdbGet->name); echo '
'.$imdbGet->name; output: string(26) ""Sex and the City"" string(26) ""Sex and the City"" "Sex and the City"