Comments on: ZF Curly Quote Character Filter http://bombdiggity.net/blog/2009/12/09/zf-curly-quote-character-filter/ Ramblings of a php coder Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:26:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jon http://bombdiggity.net/blog/2009/12/09/zf-curly-quote-character-filter/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Jon Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:15:34 +0000 http://www.bombdiggity.net/blog/?p=144#comment-344 @Andy, I understand where you are coming from but when I echo out that character on a UTF-8 page I get the question mark, which looks bad. I can see where converting them to ASCII would work too but I've always just converted them to the standard single quote and double quote. @Andy,

I understand where you are coming from but when I echo out that character on a UTF-8 page I get the question mark, which looks bad.

I can see where converting them to ASCII would work too but I’ve always just converted them to the standard single quote and double quote.

]]> By: Andy Fowler http://bombdiggity.net/blog/2009/12/09/zf-curly-quote-character-filter/comment-page-1/#comment-341 Andy Fowler Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://www.bombdiggity.net/blog/?p=144#comment-341 Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I believe that all of those characters are proper UTF-8. Most designers will get pretty if you convert their nicely-designed typography into hash marks. Example: echo mb_detect_encoding(chr(0xe2) . chr(0x80) . chr(0x98)); // outputs 'UTF-8' If what you're trying to do is convert from UTF-8 to ASCII, iconv's transliteration is probably a bit better at it: $output = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $input); Perhaps I’m mistaken, but I believe that all of those characters are proper UTF-8. Most designers will get pretty if you convert their nicely-designed typography into hash marks.

Example:
echo mb_detect_encoding(chr(0xe2) . chr(0×80) . chr(0×98)); // outputs ‘UTF-8′

If what you’re trying to do is convert from UTF-8 to ASCII, iconv’s transliteration is probably a bit better at it:
$output = iconv(‘UTF-8′, ‘ASCII//TRANSLIT’, $input);

]]> By: Carl Helmertz http://bombdiggity.net/blog/2009/12/09/zf-curly-quote-character-filter/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Carl Helmertz Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:24:24 +0000 http://www.bombdiggity.net/blog/?p=144#comment-340 This would be golden if it excluded MSO:s weird tags too. That kind of filter should be given in ZF. This is a good start though! This would be golden if it excluded MSO:s weird tags too. That kind of filter should be given in ZF. This is a good start though!

]]> By: Jon http://bombdiggity.net/blog/2009/12/09/zf-curly-quote-character-filter/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Jon Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:37:52 +0000 http://www.bombdiggity.net/blog/?p=144#comment-338 @ron, Thanks for the info. I have updated it to include all of yours plus mine. Let me know if the replacements are not correct. @ron,

Thanks for the info. I have updated it to include all of yours plus mine. Let me know if the replacements are not correct.

]]> By: Ron Dobley http://bombdiggity.net/blog/2009/12/09/zf-curly-quote-character-filter/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Ron Dobley Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:13:13 +0000 http://www.bombdiggity.net/blog/?p=144#comment-334 Here is a list I created to deal with excel files. I have a few additional chars and seem to be missing a few. Perhaps, we can make a more complete list? $badchr = array( "", //null byte "\x01", //SOH start of header "\x0B", //vertical tab "\t", //tab "\x16", //SYN synchronous idle "\xc2", //prefix 1 "\x80", //prefix 2 "\x92", //sigle quote "\x93", //double quote "\x94", //double quote "\x96", //dash "\x98", // single quote opening "\x99", // single quote closing "\x8c", // double quote opening "\x9d" // double quote closing ); Ron Here is a list I created to deal with excel files. I have a few additional chars and seem to be missing a few. Perhaps, we can make a more complete list?

$badchr = array(
“”, //null byte
“\x01″, //SOH start of header
“\x0B”, //vertical tab
“\t”, //tab
“\x16″, //SYN synchronous idle
“\xc2″, //prefix 1
“\x80″, //prefix 2
“\x92″, //sigle quote
“\x93″, //double quote
“\x94″, //double quote
“\x96″, //dash
“\x98″, // single quote opening
“\x99″, // single quote closing
“\x8c”, // double quote opening
“\x9d” // double quote closing
);

Ron

]]> By: David Weinraub http://bombdiggity.net/blog/2009/12/09/zf-curly-quote-character-filter/comment-page-1/#comment-333 David Weinraub Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:24:40 +0000 http://www.bombdiggity.net/blog/?p=144#comment-333 Excellent! Man, those Word quotes piss me off. Thanks and cheers! ;-) Excellent! Man, those Word quotes piss me off. Thanks and cheers! ;-)

]]> By: Fred http://bombdiggity.net/blog/2009/12/09/zf-curly-quote-character-filter/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Fred Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:14:53 +0000 http://www.bombdiggity.net/blog/?p=144#comment-332 Thank you!! It seems like I run into this all the time. I will have to try and use this and see how it works. Thank you!! It seems like I run into this all the time. I will have to try and use this and see how it works.

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