Re: Attempt at putting greedy htmlspecialchars on a diet

* Thus wrote Gerard Samuel (gsam@trini0.org): > CPT John W. Holmes wrote: > > >From: "Eugene Lee" <list-php-1@fsck.net> > > > > > > > >>On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 01:12:16AM -0400, Gerard Samuel wrote: > >>: > >>: Got a problem with htmlspecialchars being too greedy, where > >>: for example, it converts > >>: &foo; > >>: to > >>: &amp;foo; > >>: > >>: Yes it displays correctly in the browser for some content, but not all. > >>: (an example is posted below) > >>: So I came up with this example code, but not sure if there is an > >>: easier/better way to get the correct end result. > >>: If there is a better way, feel free to let me know. > >>: Thanks > >>: > >>: Note: I dont read/speak chinese, so if its offensive please forgive me. > >>: > >>: ------ > >>: <?php > >>: > >>: $foo = '&#20013;&#25991; & > >>http://www.foo.com/index.php?foo=1&bar=2'; > >> > >> > >> > > > >Maybe you should run html_entity_decode() on the string first, then run > >encode again. The decode will take &#20013; and turn it into it's actual > >character but not affect anything else. Then the recoding will turn it back > >into &#20013; and also encode any other characters. > > > John, a good idea, but unfortunately, after some tests, and re-reading > the manual, it seems html_entity_decode(), > only recognises "html entities". Not ascii values of language characters. > So Im going to push ahead with my code, and see if it breaks anything :) hmm.. take a look at http://php.net/manual/en/function.get-html-translation-table.php That will do exactly what john suggested. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > Curt -- List Stats: http://zirzow.dyndns.org/html/mlists/php_general/ "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."