Hi Lee, You are on the right track with ReReplace
Try: <cfset str = "This is a string with £ and ? characters" > <cfset str_safe = ReReplaceNoCase(str,"[ [EMAIL PROTECTED]&*+=-]","_","ALL") > <cfset str_safe = ReReplaceNoCase(str_safe,"__","_","ALL") > <cfset str_safe = ReReplaceNoCase(str_safe,"__","_","ALL") > <cfset str_safe = ReReplaceNoCase(str_safe,"__","_","ALL") > The last 3 functions simply changes long series of ________ into _ for neatness. Cheers, Martyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Lee Bailey To: CF-Talk Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 8:26 PM Subject: Stripping Characters from a String Hi Folks, I'm trying to strip characters from a form string, like so; The entered text : This is a string with £ and ? characters The desired result : this_is_a_string_with_and_characters The aim is that I can use this as a 'safe' URL parameter for navigating the website. Obviously, if the string contains things like ? then it throws an error, or simply doesn't return the record. As I also need to use the original entered text (the entered text will be known as 'heading', and the modified text will be known as 'shortheading' within the DB) I can only accomplish this on the action page, not through javascript. I can't use URLEncodedFormat() because the string needs to be easily readable in the address bar (and look good to google!). Looking at my CFWACK book, ReReplace() seems to be the tag I need, but despite numerous efforts I just can't get a working syntax. Any help would be much appreciated! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249534 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
