Replace??

[The Hobo]

I have this code:

$fcode = str_replace(" ( ", "(", $fcode);
$fcode = str_replace(" ) ", ")", $fcode);
$fcode = str_replace(" . ", ".", $fcode);
$fcode = str_replace(" ' ", "'", $fcode);
$fcode = str_replace(" , ", ",", $fcode); 

I don't think str_replace accepts multi-deliminators, but what about others like preg_replace, or ereg_replace? Do any of these do this? And what would the syntax look like?

I'm looking for soemthing like:

$fcode = _replace(" ( \ ) \ . \ ' \ , \", "(\)\.\'\,\", $fcode);

Is there anything like this?