[SOLVED] replacing special characters

[purplenewt]

hi I kind of know what I need to achieve here just not sure how to accomplish it. Basically I have a text box and when users type into it it doesnt seem to understand characters like pound signs and things, so to fix this problem i am thinking some code that basically does something like:

 

If £ found

replace £ with £

 

and then repeat that for several character types but im just not sure how to go about it.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

Purplenewt

[dropfaith]

http://us.php.net/str_replace

 

something like this  the link above describes the method used

$result = str_replace("£","£",$_POST['text']);

[purplenewt]

thanks I shall give that a try soon as I get the chance, unfortunatly ive just been called away to a job.

 

thanks for your help.

 

Purplenewt

[purplenewt]

thanks a ton I followed the link you gave and found a better way to get the job done than I had thought of.

 

I was thinking I would have to do a lot of if else type coding for each character that wasn't displaying properly, on the link you gave me I found:

 

// Provides: You should eat pizza, beer, and ice cream every day
$phrase  = "You should eat fruits, vegetables, and fiber every day.";
$healthy = array("fruits", "vegetables", "fiber");
$yummy   = array("pizza", "beer", "ice cream");

$newphrase = str_replace($healthy, $yummy, $phrase);

 

which with a small amount of editing has saved me a ton of coding.

 

now I just have to find out how to mark this thread as solved:)

 

Thanks again

 

Purplenewt