Try SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character_set%' and verify your character set is latin1. If not, see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/charset-database.html On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:04:30 +0000, mario <chiari.hm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > please help me on the following issue. > please reply to chiari.hm@xxxxxxxxxxx too. > (I asked for help on the php-db ml, but nobody replied) > > I have hacked the following function: > function accents($text) { > global $export; > $search = array ( 'à', 'è', 'ì', 'ò' , 'ù'); > $replace = array ( '\\`{a}', '\\`{e}', '\\`{i}', '\\`{o}', '\\`{u}'); > $export = str_replace($search, $replace, $text); > return $export; > } > > It works fine, as long as I feed it with a string: > accents('à') --> \`{a} > > The issue is when I get 'à' from a mysql table. > I.e., for some record of a mysql table Table, let à the value of the > field Field, and say > $result = mysql_fetch_array($answer, MYSQL_BOTH), > where $answer= mysql_query(SELECT * FROM Table). > > Now accents($result['Field']) returns à (instead of \`{a}). > Why? I have no idea. > > Any hint is welcome. > Thanks a lot > mario > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
