From: mrtima at aol dot com
Operating system: Any
PHP version: 4.3.1
PHP Bug Type: MySQL related
Bug description: Query of MS-Word char causes ISO number to show up instead of actual
character
Description:
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When certain MS-Word characters such as (�) are returned from a query in
MySQL and displayed to a webpage, you see ’ instead.
MS-Word parenthesis = �
Standard ASCII paranthesis = '
Reproduce code:
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//database connection params
include("db_conn.php");
//the database should have a MS-Word parenthesis in it (�)
$result = mysql_query("SELECT textvalue FROM anytable");
$fetch_result = mysql_fetch_object($result);
//display result to a webpage
echo $fetch_result->textvalue;
Expected result:
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�
Actual result:
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’
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