微信传回昵称带有emoj表情，php去除emoj表情

$nickname=$data['nickname'];

$nickname=$this->removeEmoji($nickname);

public function removeEmoji($str){
 $str = preg_replace_callback(
   '/./u',
   function (array $match) {
    return strlen($match[0]) >= 4 ? '' : $match[0];
   },
   $str);

  return $str;
 }