Re: [PHP] Re: Name Capitalization

2007-05-04 Thread Richard Lynch
On Fri, May 4, 2007 10:10 am, Michelle Konzack wrote: >Anyway, why not reject any $USER input, which has >only CAPITALS/SMALL LETTERS? $first_name = 'J.K.'; $last_name = 'Rowling'; $first_name = 'e.e.'; $last_name = 'cummings'; . . . -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know

Re: [PHP] Re: Name Capitalization

2007-05-04 Thread Paul Novitski
At 5/4/2007 08:10 AM, Michelle Konzack wrote: Anyway, why not reject any $USER input, which has only CAPITALS/SMALL LETTERS? Because the OP is dealing with an existing dataset of all-caps names inherited from another system. These names are not currently being input by users. If

[PHP] Re: Name Capitalization

2007-05-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Can anyone tell me, WHY I get this message plus some others from this thread today (2005-05-03)? Am 2007-03-19 12:22:10, schrieb Leonard Burton: > HI All, > > Does anyone use a library to properly capitalize last names? Yes me, but it is my own one which I have created from a (comme

[PHP] Re: Name Capitalization

2007-05-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-23 21:27:40, schrieb Richard Lynch: > The solution remains: > > Hire a human. > > The computer will never get accurate enough. > > The exception might be if you are dealing with MILLIONS of names, > where a filter would pay off. You'd still need human review and a > validation proces

[PHP] Re: Name Capitalization

2007-05-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-21 16:57:36, schrieb Shafiq Rehman: > Hi, > > Some problems are universal and we cannot fix them in computer science. I > think it's better to educate/guide your visitors about such names that they > write in correct capitalization ROTFL - In this brandamaged world! Greetings Mi