On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Dan Cech wrote:
> Try:
>
> $text = @iconv('UTF-8','UTF-8//TRANSLIT',$text);
Thanks Dan,
I knew there had to be something simple.
It looks like mb_convert_encoding($txt,'UTF-8','UTF-8') will work
similarly, but just deletes the offending bytes.
Regards,
John Cam
John Campbell wrote:
> I am using a remote XML service, that about 1 in 100 times returns XML
> with invalid UTF-8 bytes. I don't have any control over the remote
> service, but simpleXML pukes when I pass malformed UTF-8 to it. Does
> anyone know of a simple way to cleanup bad UTF-8 bytes, e.g.
Hi, i believe php.net/mb_convert_encoding will use "?" or just avoid
printing a character when it can't convert. There's also php.net/iconv
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 5:59 PM, John Campbell wrote:
> I hope there is an easy answer to this:
>
> I am using a remote XML service, that about 1 in 100 tim
I have this handy function I pulled from somewhere else. Does it help?
Apologies if the actual characters don't come across in the email.
/**
* This function was created to scrub additional html entities that are
not in the PHP get_html_translation_table
* Currently bug #34577 in th
a simple str_replace can replace the invalid characters..but you have to know
what they are first.
- Original Message -
From: "John Campbell"
To: "NYPHP Talk"
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 4:59:53 PM
Subject: [nyphp-talk] SimpleXML - UTF8
I hope there is an eas
I hope there is an easy answer to this:
I am using a remote XML service, that about 1 in 100 times returns XML
with invalid UTF-8 bytes. I don't have any control over the remote
service, but simpleXML pukes when I pass malformed UTF-8 to it. Does
anyone know of a simple way to cleanup bad UTF-8
