Since the remove template operator is based on the PHP function substr, which cannot handle utf8 strings, the operator will return weird � characters if used with special chars.

Please check custom proposed fix:
https://github.com/mugoweb/ezpublish-legacy/pull/57 Edit: Now https://github.com/ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy/pull/1298

Steps to reproduce.

• Edit a legacy tpl template, and add the following code to it:

  {'fipsï'|remove( 4,1 )}

• Clear the caches, and open the respective content in the frontend
• Confirm the code will return �, instead ï