note 88997 added to function.preg-replace

<?php $converted = array( //3 of special chars '/(;)/ie', '/(#)/ie', '/(&)/ie', //MySQL reserved words! //Check mysql website! '/(ACTION)/ie', '/(ADD)/ie', '/(ALL)/ie', '/(ALTER)/ie', '/(ANALYZE)/ie', '/(AND)/ie', '/(AS)/ie', '/(ASC)/ie', //remaining of special chars '/(<)/ie', '/(>)/ie', '/(\.)/ie', '/(,)/ie', '/(\?)/ie', '/(`)/ie', '/(!)/ie', '/(@)/ie', '/(\$)/ie', '/(%)/ie', '/(\^)/ie', '/(\*)/ie', '/(\()/ie', '/(\))/ie', '/(_)/ie', '/(-)/ie', '/(\+)/ie', '/(=)/ie', '/(\/)/ie', '/(\|)/ie', '/(\\\)/ie', "/(')/ie", '/(")/ie', '/(:)/' ); $input_text = preg_replace($converted, "UTF_to_Unicode('\\1')", $text); function UTF_to_Unicode($data){ //return $data; } ?> The above example useful for filtering input data, then saving into mysql database, it's not need tobe decoded again, just use UTF-8 as charset. Please Note escaping special chars between delimiter.. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 67.228.101.165 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-replace.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/88997 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88997/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88997/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88997/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88997/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88997/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88997/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88997 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/88997 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php