Re: Removing a return character
| From: | Greg Donald | Date: | Fri, 10 Dec 2004 12:43:16 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Removing a return character | ||
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On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:10:20 -0000, Shaun <shaunthornburgh@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have a system that scans through a CSV File and inserts each row into a
> database. I have just noticed that some rows have a return character in
> them - a small square - and this is causing errors in the mysql query.
>
> Does anyone know how I can remove such chracters?
You can use one of the string replacement functions, eregi_replace()
for example. If you're sure it's a return character then \r is what
you want to replace, or it might possibly be \r\n.
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Greg Donald
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