Hi, use base64_encode() and base64_decode actually, base32_encode or hexencode would be better, but oh my, php doesn't have these built in. If you're using PEAR there is a DataObject_Filter class somewhere that's handy for encoding decoding on the fly. Kind regards, Michiel ***************************** Michiel van der Blonk CaribMedia Marketing & Consultancy N.V. Oranjestad, Aruba Tel: (297) 583-4144 Fax: (297) 582-6102 http://www.caribmedia.com ---------------------------------------------------- Website Design, Web Application Development, Web Hosting, Internet Marketing ---------------------------------------------------- Operators of: Visit Aruba - http://www.VisitAruba.com Aruba Links - http://www.ArubaLinks.com Aruba Business Directory - http://www.visitaruba.com/business/ Aruba Real Estate Locator - http://www.arubarealestate.com Aruba Bulletin Board - http://bb.visitaruba.com/ Aruba Trip Reports - http://tripreports.visitaruba.com Aruba Chat - http://chat.visitaruba.com The VisitAruba Plus SAVINGS CARD - http://www.visitaruba.com/plus/ Contents of this communication are confidential and legally privileged. This document is intended solely for use of the individual(s) or entity/entities to whom it is addr "Brian Dunning" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B1D2EE40-6A43-11D9-8AEE-000A95BD6AE4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I have a form where people input some text, which is then incorporated into an HTML snippet which appears in a textarea for them to copy & paste into a web page. People will be entering foreign language stuff as well as special characters like copyright, so I have to be sure this is handled properly. I tried rawurlencode() but that results in HTML which displays the encoding when they paste it into their web page. I tried htmlentities but that gives different characters than what they typed when displayed in the textarea. I also tried no encoding, which worked well, except that it gets messed up when I try to write it to the database and I have the same problem again when retrieving it. "Cañon ©" is a good example. htmlentities('Cañon ©') -> Cañon © in the textarea, displays on their web page as Cañon ©, but reads/writes OK from the database. rawurlencode('Cañon ©') -> Ca%C3%B1on%20%C2%A9 in the textarea, displays on their web page as Ca%C3%B1on%20%C2%A9, but reads/writes OK from the database. No encoding gives Cañon © in the textarea and displays on their web page as Cañon ©, but appears in the database as Cañon © How can I handle this so that what ultimately displays on their web page, after copying the HTML out of the textarea, matches what they typed in the form, and yet can be read & written from the database properly? - Brian -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
