function remove_non_word (str) {  
    if ((str===null) || (str===''))  
       return false;  
 else  
   str = str.toString();  
    
var PATTERN = /[^\x20\x2D0-9A-Z\x5Fa-z\xC0-\xD6\xD8-\xF6\xF8-\xFF]/g;  
    
  return str.replace(PATTERN, '');  
}  
console.log(remove_non_word('PHP ~!@#$%^&*()+`-={}[]|\\:";\'/?><., MySQL'));