That did it! Thanks!
Michael
On Apr 18, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Mari Masuda wrote:
> Maybe you could try to assign the return value of preg_replace to a variable so you can use it later, like:
>
> $name = preg_replace('/−/','-',$name);
>
>
> On Apr 18, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Michael Stroh wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the advice. I've changed the code to use mysql_real_escape_string. So now it is
>>
>> $name = mysql_real_escape_string($name);
>> preg_replace('/−/','-',$name);
>>
>> but it's still not replacing the − string. I've also changed the field in the database so that now it is using the collation utf8_general_ci. I've also tried
>>
>> preg_replace('/−/','-',$name);
>> $name = mysql_real_escape_string($name);
>> preg_replace('/−/','-',$name);
>>
>> and that also did not work. Any ideas?
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 18, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Michiel Sikma wrote:
>>
>>> On 18 April 2010 16:46, Peter Lind <peter.e.lind@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 18 April 2010 16:40, Phpster <phpster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 instead 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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>>>>>
>>>>> One option is to send an HTML email which would have the email reader
>>>>> interpret that code correctly
>>>>>
>>>>> Bastien
>>>>
>>>> Another option would be to use mysql_real_escape_string and make sure
>>>> that your code and the database are using utf-8. Then when the email
>>>> is sent, make sure that uses utf-8 as well.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Make sure the database connection is also utf8:
>>>
>>> set names 'utf8';
>>>
>>> Typically, you should keep everything in utf8 unless you have a very good
>>> reason not to.
>>> And as Peter mentioned, the proper way to escape MySQL inserts (that is, if
>>> you're not already using a framework that does this competently) is
>>> mysql_real_escape_string().
>>>
>>> Michiel
>>
>>
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