Re: TextWiki and pound (£) signs
| From: | Justin Patrin | Date: | Sun, 13 Nov 2005 03:09:54 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: TextWiki and pound (£) signs | ||
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On 11/12/05, Jocke Selin <the.joxor@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've just discovered that my £-signs get converted to £ if I parse the text
> through the Text Wiki class. Does anyone know how to prevent this?
>
> Code:
> -------------
> <?php
> $sText = "This //string// **contains** a pound £ sign.";
> print($sText);
> require_once("Text/Wiki.php");
> $oTextWiki =& new Text_Wiki();
> print($oTextWiki->transform($sText, 'Xhtml'));
> ?>
> -------------
>
> Visual output
> -------------
> This //string// **contains** a pound £ sign.
>
> This string contains a pound £ sign.
> -------------
>
> Source outputted:
> --------------
> This //string// **contains** a pound £ sign.<p>This <em>string</em>
> <strong>contains</strong> a pound £ sign.</p>
> --------------
>
This is likely because Text_Wiki uses the normal string functions
instead of the multi-byte string functions.
--
Justin Patrin