I want to insert symbols like degree, plusminus, currency along with string
into Mysql database. Front is HTML form with javascript. Server side scripts
are written in PHP. Please help.
Regards,
Samrat Kar
, the MySQL table charset, the way you store/retrieve data into MySQL,
etc etc ... we can help but we need more info
From: esam...@barc.gov.in
To: php-general@lists.php.net
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:00:31 +0530
Subject: [PHP] Insert Symbol into Mysql
I want to insert symbols like degree
On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 17:00 +0530, Samrat Kar wrote:
I want to insert symbols like degree, plusminus, currency along with string
into Mysql database. Front is HTML form with javascript. Server side scripts
are written in PHP. Please help.
Regards,
Samrat Kar
Two ways to do
He has no utf-8 charset in the table, so the first point is valid and
htmlentities is the function (
http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php )
You need to remember that in this way you need to use htmlentities for
*everything*, specially for searches, otherwise ° against #176;
On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 14:47 +0200, Andrea Giammarchi wrote:
He has no utf-8 charset in the table, so the first point is valid and
htmlentities is the function (
http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlentities.php )
You need to remember that in this way you need to use htmlentities for
If he´s really using a any other charset instead of utf8 table, why not
using utf8_decode and utf8_decode in his php files to solve this?
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On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 17:00 +0530, Samrat Kar
I don't recall him saying that a utf8 table was not an option or that he
wasn't using one.
I know 'cause he replied directly to me rather than this ML
Also, try not to top post ;)
I usually hate scroll 'till the end to find often a single row as reply ...
I'll try though
Thanks,
If he´s really using a any other charset instead of utf8 table, why not
using utf8_decode and utf8_decode in his php files to solve this?
let's say PHP could have a different charset than the one defined in that MySQL
table so this is not a portable solution, specially if you do not
On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 15:40 +0200, Andrea Giammarchi wrote:
I don't recall him saying that a utf8 table was not an option or that he
wasn't using one.
I know 'cause he replied directly to me rather than this ML
Also, try not to top post ;)
I usually hate scroll 'till the end to
Yeah, the rules say to snip out parts of the convo which aren't
pertinent, but I know I don't exactly follow that one either! :-/
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
to be honest the problem is that I am in hotmail rather than gmail here, and
this page is not clever as gmail one
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