so i created this function to help me do that in php
PHP CODE
<?
# FUNCTION BY WWW.WEBUNE.COM
function remove_numbers_advanced($string)
{
$numbers = array();
for($counter =0; $counter <= 10; $counter++) {
$numbers[$counter] = $counter;
}
$replacements = array("zero ","one ","two ","three ","four ","five ","six ","seven ","eight ","nine ");
$string = str_replace($numbers, $replacements, $string);
return $string;
}
$string='This string will have all numbers removed - 213 555 3930';
echo remove_numbers_advanced($string);
?>
this function will change 1 to one 
