<cfset str = "This is a string with £ and ?##%^$& characters __" > <cfset str_safe = ReReplaceNoCase(str,"[^a-z0-9]+","_","ALL") >
eliminates the need for replacing extra _'s Mingo. Martyn Bowis wrote: > 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:249538 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
