Re: Converting funky characters

On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 07:24 +0530, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > On 03/29/2010 07:22 AM, solo hsi wrote: > > i think you just need function urldecode().... > > > > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Skip Evans<skip@bigskypenguin.com> wrote: > >> Hey all, > >> > >> What's the best way to filter/convert characters that don't > >> translate properly from say news stories to HTML? > >> > >> For example, I have a form that people cut and paste the lead > >> in paragraph from news stories they want to link to from their > >> sites to the original. And of course things like long dashes, > >> double quotes, single quotes, etc, always translate is wacky > >> unprintables when they are rendered, and the user needs to > >> edit them to replace them with standard characters. > >> > >> Is there way to filter this text through a function that will > >> convert them to web friendly chars? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Skip > >> > >> -- > >> ==================================== > >> Skip Evans > >> PenguinSites.com, LLC > >> 503 S Baldwin St, #1 > >> Madison WI 53703 > >> 608.250.2720 > >> http://penguinsites.com > >> ------------------------------------ > >> Those of you who believe in > >> telekinesis, raise my hand. > >> -- Kurt Vonnegut > >> > >> -- > >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > >> > > > > > > > > No, only urlencode() won't do the job. He's saying more about the long > spaces and quotes, etc. > > -- > Nilesh Govindarajan > Site & Server Administrator > www.itech7.com > मेरा भारत महान ! > मम भारत: महत्तम भवतु ! > I wrote something that converts these characters, which you'll most often find when copying text from MS Office: http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk/coding_php_remove_ms_crap.php The second argument to the function just tells it to remove all the hidden meta tags that MS Office chucks into text that you copy into a rich text box in a web page, as this can really mess up how the content is displayed in a web browser. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk