[SOLVED] Str-Replace Question?

[Solarpitch]

Whats up guys,

 

Here.. This is right isnt it? I'm basically trying to see if the sting has a " ' " in it and replace it with noting but doesnt seem to be working. Just wanted to run the syntax bu you.

 

<?php

	$p  = str_replace("'", "", $player);

?>

[teynon]

Try using this: $p  = str_replace("\'", "", $player);

 

If not, its fine, just make sure your not confusing yourself somewhere else.

[Solarpitch]

No, I must be confusing myself somewhere. I'll have another look through the code and see whats going on. Cheers

[kenrbnsn]

The OP's code should work.

 

How do you know it's not working?

 

Try this:

<?php
$player = "This string has single quotes (' ' ' ' ') in it";
$p  = str_replace("'", "", $player);
echo 'Original string: ' . htmlentities($player,ENT_QUOTES) . "<br>\n";
echo 'New string: ' . htmlentities($p, ENT_QUOTES);
?>

 

Ken

[Solarpitch]

The reason I need to replace the " ' " is because the result will not show up in a pop up if it has this character. So if a players name is John O' Reilly, he wont display in the popup.

 

 

Here I'm getting the persons name from the database, I just check to see if its a numeric value and if it is it goes to a different function to get there name. Then once I have the value in $player, if its John O' Reilly I want to replace the " ' " with noting so that it will show up when the mouse rolls over this javascript popup I have

 

<?php

	$p1 = $row[3]; 

	if(is_numeric($p1)){$player1 = get_name2($p1, "member");}else{$player1 = $p1;}
	if($p1 == ""){$player1 = "Available";}

	$p2 = $row[5]; 

	if(is_numeric($p2)){$player2 = get_name2($p2, "member");}else{$player2 = $p2;}
	if($p2 == ""){$player2 = "Available";}

	$p3 = $row[7]; 

	if(is_numeric($p3)){$player3 = get_name2($p3, "member");}else{$player3 = $p3;}
	if($p3 == ""){$player3 = "Available";}

	$p4 = $row[9]; 

	if(is_numeric($p4)){$player4 = get_name2($p4, "member");}else{$player4 = $p4;}
	if($p4 == ""){$player4 = "Available";}

	$player1 = str_replace("'", "", $player1);
	$player2 = str_replace("'", "", $player2);
	$player3 = str_replace("'", "", $player3);
	$player4 = str_replace("'", "", $player4);

?>

[DarkWater]

Just use htmlentities($var, ENT_QUOTES);

[Solarpitch]

That doesnt work either Dark Water.

[Solarpitch]

Actually... There might be a chance I'm uploading the wrong file to the server, if I am... I'll personally ban myself from the site!  :-\

[br0ken]

What data is actually in $player? If you could show us that it might help.

 

Also, try running stripslashes() on $player before passing it to str_replace(). It's a long shot but it might just work!

[Solarpitch]

Yup.. I was uploading the file to the wrong directory. What I had first just works fine. Sorry for wasting your time... now where's that self ban button....