How to convert ascii to text

[veg_all@yahoo.com]

I replace some user input with their ascii equivalent so they display
on the webpage properly:

$entry = preg_replace ( "/\'+/" , '&#39' , $entry);
$entry = preg_replace ( "/\,+/" , '&#44' , $entry);

I then need to email the data, however in email the ascii code is
displayed, not the text.
Is there an easier way to convert the ascii back to the text without
another preg_replace?

[pangea33]

Re: How to convert ascii to text

veg_all@yahoo.c om wrote:

I replace some user input with their ascii equivalent so they display
on the webpage properly:
>
$entry = preg_replace ( "/\'+/" , '&#39' , $entry);
$entry = preg_replace ( "/\,+/" , '&#44' , $entry);
>
I then need to email the data, however in email the ascii code is
displayed, not the text.
Is there an easier way to convert the ascii back to the text without
another preg_replace?

There really doesn't seem to be any reason you have to manually escape
the string with a regular expression, then change it back. Especially
since you're only accounting for a small set of characters that might
have problems. Why not leave the variable exactly as entered by the
user, and just run it through the "htmlspecialcha rs()" function when
you want to display it on the page?

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.htmlspecialchars.php

[Tim Roberts]

Re: How to convert ascii to text

veg_all@yahoo.c om wrote:

>
>I replace some user input with their ascii equivalent so they display
>on the webpage properly:
>
>$entry = preg_replace ( "/\'+/" , '&#39' , $entry);
>$entry = preg_replace ( "/\,+/" , '&#44' , $entry);

Are you aware that this will replace a string of quotes ('''''') or commas
(,,,,,,,) with a single &#39 or &#44? I'm pretty sure you don't want the
plus signs in there.

I assume this wasn't cut-and-pasted from your code, because the entities
must have trailing semicolons: '

Also, there is no reason to quote a comma. What led you to do that?
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.