I didn't set the encoding for UTF8. Should I? Are there any other encoding related specifications I should follow?
Thanks. On Aug 2, 1:41 am, "euromark (munich)" <[email protected]> wrote: > just dont sanitize them in the first place > the problem must be caused by something else > usually cake escapes them automatically > > is everything UTF-8? especially the db? (careful: utf8 not uft-8 > here!) > > On 2 Aug., 03:34, Ponch316 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I'm new to CakePHP and I came across a little problem. > > > I created a scaffold to upload a list of schools to my database and > > after uploading about 400, I noticed that some of the schools were > > disappearing both from the scaffold view and the database. Since no > > one else has access to my system, I realized that the only possible > > reason for that is that some characters I entered, like apostrophes > > ('), hyphens (-), and commas (,), caused trouble in the database > > somehow. > > > I created a new scaffold using Bake and decided use Sanitize::clean() > > before saving. So far, schools are no longer disappearing, but when I > > try to edit one of these, the characters are NOT displayed correctly > > in the text boxes (e.g: O'Malley). I tried using the PHP method > > htmlspecialchars_decode() (http://us.php.net/htmlspecialchars_decode) > > before sending $this->data to the view but it didn't work, characters > > are still showing up like that. > > > I was wondering if someone could help me to solve this problem. I > > don't know if I'm doing something wrong, cuz I'm very surprised that > > Cake has problems handling special characters, since a lot of last > > names use apostrophes. If you think I should use a different approach, > > please let me know as well. > > > Thanks in advance. > > Ponch316 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
