$str = 'example
';
$filtered = preg_replace('/[\x{10000}-\x{10FFFF}]/u', '', $str);
var_dump($filtered); // string(7) "example"
$str = 'example
';
$filtered = preg_replace('/[\x{10000}-\x{10FFFF}]/u', '', $str);
var_dump($filtered); // string(7) "example"