Note: The below function will also strip out tabs and newline characters.
function str_clean($str)
{
for($i = 0; $i < strlen($str); $i++)
{
$tmp=ord($str[$i]))
if ($tmp>31 && $tmp <127)
{
$new_str .= $str[$i];
}
}
return($new_str);
}
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 01:51:22 -0500, Brent Clements
<bclem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ok, I still have the problem.
>
> If I echo the string to a webpage, it still contains the ?
>
> So I viewed the source in a notepad, and the thing that shows up next to
> "string" is a TM.
>
> I tried using htmlentities on the string that I'm echoing but the question
> mark/tm is still there.
>
> Anybody know how to fix this?
>
>
>
> -Brent
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brent Clements" <bclem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Brent Clements" <bclem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 1:42 AM
> Subject: Re: strip out wierd characters in a string
>
> > Solved my own problem.
> >
> > I ran the script itself from the unix prompt and forced it's output to a
> > text file
> > I then viewed the text file and saw the actual wierd character. I then
> used
> > strtr to replace the wierd character with a single space.
> >
> > Pretty simple and clean way to fix this.
> >
> > -Brent
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brent Clements" <bclem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 1:22 AM
> > Subject: strip out wierd characters in a string
> >
> >
> > Hi Guys,
> > I think that a string that I'm grabbing from a website was actually
> created
> > using ms-word. If I echo the string out, it has a question mark in it.
> >
> > If you look at the website, the text is fine
> > ie"string some more text"
> >
> > but when I grab it from the website, and then echo the string, I get.
> >
> > "string? some more text"
> >
> > I have tried doing this
> >
> > echo str_replace("?", " ", $text);
> >
> > but it still print's out the ?. I think it's because the string itself has
> a
> > wierd binary character in it or something.
> >
> > Anyone know how to fix this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brent
> >
> >
>
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