Re: [WebDNA] [convertchars] and ascii problem
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texte = Lawrence wrote: > hi, > here is my problem... > I need to create folders on the server using a name the clients save > through a form. Then clients upload images, and the Imagemagick make its > manipulations. (no problem yet) > My problem is if people use non ASCII caracters like : éàï or
> Because then [MOVEFILE] won't process, so neither Imagemagik... > > So I created a database to convert chars > à=a; ï=i; é=e > but when I apply the ascii convert I get very strange character back > like : i�i�i�i� > I use UTF8 encoding in the pages and the same for the database. > I tried to append the name of the folder in the db replacing the non > ascii characters > ®ate_url=[ConvertChars db=^ascii.db][Nom_regate][/ConvertChars] > but instead of ïôéà I have in the db:i�i�i�i� and I would like ioea... > > I found a solution using [grep] but it's not very clean, and I need to > apply plenty of [grep] for each kind of character... > > As any body got an idea of what can be wrong or any other solution... > Thanks > Lawrence what about simply something like: [grep search=[^A-Za-z_-]&replace=][fnames][/grep] For cleaning your input. Donovan -- Donovan Brooke Euca Design Center [Practical-Ethical-Efficient] www.euca.us egg.bz artglass-forum.com
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Lawrence wrote: > hi, > here is my problem... > I need to create folders on the server using a name the clients save > through a form. Then clients upload images, and the Imagemagick make its > manipulations. (no problem yet) > My problem is if people use non ASCII caracters like : éàï or > Because then [movefile] won't process, so neither Imagemagik... > > So I created a database to convert chars > à=a; ï=i; é=e > but when I apply the ascii convert I get very strange character back > like : i�i�i�i� > I use UTF8 encoding in the pages and the same for the database. > I tried to append the name of the folder in the db replacing the non > ascii characters > ®ate_url=[ConvertChars db=^ascii.db][Nom_regate][/ConvertChars] > but instead of ïôéà I have in the db:i�i�i�i� and I would like ioea... > > I found a solution using [grep] but it's not very clean, and I need to > apply plenty of [grep] for each kind of character... > > As any body got an idea of what can be wrong or any other solution... > Thanks > Lawrence what about simply something like: [grep search=[^A-Za-z_-]&replace=][fnames][/grep] For cleaning your input. Donovan -- Donovan Brooke Euca Design Center [Practical-Ethical-Efficient] www.euca.us egg.bz artglass-forum.com
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