Bizarre characters on page - how to stop??
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 8:11 pm
Hi all,
On ny site, my users can submit news articles and other content via forms which insert content into mysql.
When inserting text containing certain characters, it's replacing them with strange groups of characters.
Take a look, see the bits in red:
"Ibiza - the birthplace of modern dance music. 20 years on and the island remains an important catalyst for todayâ•?s hottest dance talents. This year, OceanLab, the project featuring Above & Beyond and singer/songwriter Justine Suissa spent several weeks holed up in a villa there finishing their debut album, â•?Sirens Of The Seaâ•?."
Now i know this has to do with text encoding. But I'm not sure how to overcome this.
Every time people add content to my site, I have to edit it.
I did find a function online somewhere, but it appears not to be working as it should.... or at all??
here is the function:
I'm sure someone has come across this before. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Scott
On ny site, my users can submit news articles and other content via forms which insert content into mysql.
When inserting text containing certain characters, it's replacing them with strange groups of characters.
Take a look, see the bits in red:
"Ibiza - the birthplace of modern dance music. 20 years on and the island remains an important catalyst for todayâ•?s hottest dance talents. This year, OceanLab, the project featuring Above & Beyond and singer/songwriter Justine Suissa spent several weeks holed up in a villa there finishing their debut album, â•?Sirens Of The Seaâ•?."
Now i know this has to do with text encoding. But I'm not sure how to overcome this.
Every time people add content to my site, I have to edit it.
I did find a function online somewhere, but it appears not to be working as it should.... or at all??
here is the function:
Code: Select all
function smarties($string)
{
/**
* ‘ 8216 curly left single quote
* ’ 8217 apostrophe, curly right single quote
* “ 8220 curly left double quote
* ” 8221 curly right double quote
* — 8212 em dash
* – 8211 en dash
* … 8230 ellipsis
*/
$search = array(
'&',
'"',
chr(212),
chr(213),
chr(210),
chr(211),
chr(209),
chr(208),
chr(201),
chr(145),
chr(146),
chr(147),
chr(148),
chr(151),
chr(150),
chr(133)
);
$replace = array(
'&',
'"',
'‘',
'’',
'“',
'”',
'–',
'—',
'…',
'‘',
'’',
'“',
'”',
'–',
'—',
'…'
);
return str_replace($search, $replace, $string);
}Kind regards,
Scott