On Apr 18, 2010, at 8:59 AM, Michael Stroh <stroh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have this form that people use to add entries into a MySQL
database. Recently I've had some users insert − in their entries ins
tead of - which is causing some issues with scripts down the line. I
'd like to replace the − character with -.
Originally I had something like
$name = mysql_escape_string($_POST["name"]);
which would convert the offending character to − before
entering it into the database. It's this encoding that is causing
the problems since some scripts send out emails with this entry in
their subject line which looks messy.
I've tried adding the following line after the previous line to help
fix this issue, however, I just got another entry with the same
problem.
preg_replace('/−/','-',$name);
Any suggestions on how others would fix this problem? I'd just like
to fix it before the entry hits the database instead of creating
fixes on the other end of things.
Cheers,
Michael
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