Add filter to strip control characters

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What does this PR do?

This pull request adds the Strings::stripControlCharacters filter.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added an option to remove ASCII control characters, including null bytes, tabs, newlines, and DEL, as well as Unicode characters in category C. Removed characters are deleted by default or replaced with text you provide. An error is reported if the characters cannot be processed.
• Documentation
  • Added README guidance and an example demonstrating how to use this option and specify replacement text.

Walkthrough

The Strings class gains stripControlCharacters, which removes or replaces ASCII control characters and Unicode category C characters. Tests and README documentation cover the method.

Changes

Control character filtering

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Add control character filtering src/Filter/Strings.php, tests/Filter/StringsTest.php, README.md	Adds Strings::stripControlCharacters with an optional replacement string. Tests cover ordinary text and specified control and formatting characters. The existing emoji test gains a coverage annotation. The README describes the method and includes an example.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: jncarver

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to a0731

The filter’s documented behavior and example are consistent with the implementation, and the changed tests cover its main removal and error paths. No actionable PR-specific merge risk remains.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: adding a filter that strips control characters.
Description check		The description directly states that the pull request adds the Strings::stripControlCharacters filter. The unchecked checklist items do not make the description off-topic.
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 87.50% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 8 functions across 2 files.
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- Line 227: Define and implement invalid UTF-8 handling in the string-filtering
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- Around line 99-100: Assign the return value of Strings::stripControlCharacters
to $value in the README example before the assertion, so the assertion checks
the result of that call.
- Line 94: Update the filter description in the README to state that it removes
Unicode General Category C characters, including private-use and unassigned code
points, rather than describing all removed characters as invisible; retain the
ASCII control-character and delete-character details.

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