note 85050 added to function.chr

In addition to replacing Microsoft Windows smart quotes, as sgaston demonstrated on 2006-02-13, I replace all other Microsoft Windows characters using suggestions[1] published by character code specialist[2] Jukka Korpela. <?php $str = str_replace(chr(130), ',', $str); // baseline single quote $str = str_replace(chr(131), 'NLG', $str); // florin $str = str_replace(chr(132), '"', $str); // baseline double quote $str = str_replace(chr(133), '...', $str); // ellipsis $str = str_replace(chr(134), '**', $str); // dagger (a second footnote) $str = str_replace(chr(135), '***', $str); // double dagger (a third footnote) $str = str_replace(chr(136), '^', $str); // circumflex accent $str = str_replace(chr(137), 'o/oo', $str); // permile $str = str_replace(chr(138), 'Sh', $str); // S Hacek $str = str_replace(chr(139), '<', $str); // left single guillemet $str = str_replace(chr(140), 'OE', $str); // OE ligature $str = str_replace(chr(145), "'", $str); // left single quote $str = str_replace(chr(146), "'", $str); // right single quote $str = str_replace(chr(147), '"', $str); // left double quote $str = str_replace(chr(148), '"', $str); // right double quote $str = str_replace(chr(149), '-', $str); // bullet $str = str_replace(chr(150), '-', $str); // endash $str = str_replace(chr(151), '--', $str); // emdash $str = str_replace(chr(152), '~', $str); // tilde accent $str = str_replace(chr(153), '(TM)', $str); // trademark ligature $str = str_replace(chr(154), 'sh', $str); // s Hacek $str = str_replace(chr(155), '>', $str); // right single guillemet $str = str_replace(chr(156), 'oe', $str); // oe ligature $str = str_replace(chr(159), 'Y', $str); // Y Dieresis ?> [1] On the use of some MS Windows characters in HTML http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www/windows-chars.html [2] Unicode Explained by Jukka Korpela http://www.amazon.com/dp/059610121X/ ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 96.253.164.102 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.chr.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/85050 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85050/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85050/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85050/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85050/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85050/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85050/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/85050 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/85050 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php