PHP Question

I have lots of errors in the text on my pages where the " ' " character is used and replaced by me server by a diamond with a question mark in it.

I want to know if I can run a php script to remove all " ' " from the content of the pages or if there is a server setting I should use.

thanks

 

There are probably several php programmers who can be a whole lot more definitive than I but, I think you need the "/" in front of the " ' " for it to work properly (e.g. " /' "). You might want to look it up for correct coding practice.

 

Erm, sorry 'North Carolina SEO', but you are just plain wrong

Probably the ' in question isn't a ' at all, but rather another character which may look like ' when using some fonts. Windows/Frontpage are often a culprit here.

The solution is to replace this character with an actual '. Should yuo be using ' in code, you either need to enclose it in " quotes, or escape it with a \

HTH

 

Fork is right...

this happens a lot when you paste from one program to another that uses a different version of the ' or "

Usually a good way to determine if you are ok, is if the quotes are vertical or if they are angled or curved. Angled and/or curved quotes = problems.

 

Probably the function "str_replace" can help you? Go to php.net to look up more on that function.

 

Yes, str_replace would work.

<?php
$originalstring = "Remove the -'s please.";
$newstring = str_replace("-", "&#45", $originalstring);
echo $newstring;
?>

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