ereg_replace for all vars

[jmurch]

 

 

I have a need to do a ereg_replace on a bunch of strings as I am uploading a csv and the vendor can never have a single quote and has no escape character for them. So, I have a page with 20 os so variable that come from a form and go into a DB just fine but I need to reprocess them to creat the CSV for the vendor. 

 

Question 1: Is there a standard way of processing all of the vars through an array and dump each one out with a modified name after it is processed?

 

Question 2: What is the proper syntax to escape the escape so it can be replaced.

 

This only replaces the ' it doesn't replace the \ so when my input is \' my output is \`. It is supposed to be '  .

 

$location_address_1 = ereg_replace("\'","`",$physical_location_address);

 

TIA, Jeff

 

[papaface]

I think you should look into magic quotes.

[jmurch]

THanks for the suggestion but no on the majic quotes.  I need a better solution.  Per php.net:

 

Warning

This feature is DEPRECATED and REMOVED as of PHP 6.0.0. Relying on this feature is highly discouraged.

 

 

Jeff

[jmurch]

This must be a common problem??

[effigy]

You can use array_map and str_replace.

[jmurch]

Thanks Effigy that worked great.  Is this a common workaround for majic quotes?  There is no global replacement?

[effigy]

I know there are settings to turn them on and off, and I've always left them off. I don't like the idea of configuring data modifications on a global scale.

[jmurch]

 

Well majic quotes gone in PHP6 at least according to php.net.  Thanks for the solution.

 

Jeff