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ninyo
15,367 Points’ characters are replacing my apostrophes when i'm using php. What should I do to remove this problem?
I tried changing the string to wrap it with a " instead of ' so I can use apostrophes in the string without cancelling it out, but it still happens.
1 Answer
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsA couple of things spring to mind.
Try changing the character set of your document, or try using special character codes to replace certain characters that the browser isn't picking up automatically.
Here's a list of HTML special characters. http://www.degraeve.com/reference/specialcharacters.php
Good luck. :)
ninyo
15,367 Pointsninyo
15,367 PointsNice response time. I just found out the problem. Originally I've copied and pasted text from my client from a browser application. It seemed to have replaced regular keystroke apostrophe's with some sort of typographic single quote mark or something different. So even when I placed a cancel character, PHP wasn't picking it up. I learned a small, yet perfect lesson.
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsJonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsOne tip for this is to copy the text directly into a text editor and then into the place that you want. This will flush out any strange characters will be flushed out and the text should copy over as needed.