Re: utf8 encoding £ to £ probl em

Chris Dean wrote: > Hi Nunners, > > Just the £ and in my case I need to use that symbol, can't really get round it sensibly > with £ odd problem - check the output of the output of following ... : var_dump( mb_convert_encoding(html_entity_decode("£"),"UTF-8","ISO-8859-1"), // this line is sh*t html_entity_decode(mb_convert_encoding("£","UTF-8","ISO-8859-1")) // this works ); I have no idea where the extra bogus byte is coming from or why but I can suggest the work-around step 1. replace all '£' with '£' in the string to be converted step 2. convert the string from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8 step 3. pass the converted string through html_entity_decode() this may leave you with the problem that you don't want to decode ALL the html entities in the string ... in which case you'll have to get your hands a little more dirty.... I would start by checking out this page: http://php.net/manual/en/function.get-html-translation-table.php PS - this is not really a solution, more of a hack - but it might save you a few hairs! > > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: James Nunnerley [mailto:webmaster@webit.co.uk] > Sent: 05 December 2006 13:01 > To: Chris Dean > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] utf8 encoding £ to £ problem > > Hi Chris, > > Do you use £ or £? > > I've had problems uploading onto a linux box for ages, but a straight text £ > never seems to work, so I have to get one of my colleagues to do it > instead... > > Does that help? > > Nunners > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Dean [mailto:Chris.Dean@netbasic.co.uk] > Sent: 05 December 2006 12:38 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] utf8 encoding £ to £ problem > > Hi > > > > I was just wondering if anyone knows why php's utf8_encode function converts > the £ symbol into £ > > > > Is this a bug in php or is it because utf8 doesn't include the £ symbol > (can't find a quick and easy ref to say if it does or not) and as such the > function outputs junk? > > > > > > Kind Regards > > > > Chris Dean > > >