RE: [PHP] Unicode Problem

At 10:50 AM -0500 10/6/06, Richard Lynch wrote:

On Fri, October 6, 2006 8:37 am, tedd wrote: At 7:11 PM -0700 10/5/06, Robbert van Andel wrote: How do I take %u2022 and get make that display as the bullet character? I thought there was a way to use HEX directly, but can't find the

reference at the moment (if there is one).

http://php.net/hexdec

Richard: No, that's not what I meant. I know how to convert DEC <-> HEX. What I was talking about is called a NCRs, or Numeric Character References One could use the Unicode DEC value directly, such as:

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or the Unicode HEX value directly, such as:

     

Note, either will produce a bullet in most browsers.

But &#8226; is almost-for-sure *ONLY* going to "look right" on MS IE.

Not true, for most (and all most current) browsers do render that glyph correctly (other glyphs may vary), please review: http://www.browsercam.com/public.aspx?proj_id=289683 The first bullet is &149; (same as ALT 0149 on the windoze keyboard). The second is &#8226; and third is &#x2002; Note all three produce a bullet -- oh and don't forget &bull;, which will produce the same result. tedd -- ------- http://sperling.com http://ancientstones.com http://earthstones.com