[FX.php List] passing unicode to filemaker

Mon Aug 7 06:44:38 MDT 2006

for degrees, did you try using the one of these HTML entities  
representation:

&deg;
&#176;
&#xB0;

found these at:
http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/entities/latin1.html

dan

On Aug 7, 2006, at 8:39 AM, Alex Gates wrote:

> Still trying to get this to go to FileMaker, but it isn't making the
> trip...
> As erik suggested, I added this: to my <head> tags
> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
>
>
> This is the str_replace that I am using in an attempt change "degrees"
> to "°".
>
> $recipeinstructions = str_replace(array("degrees"), "°",
> $recipeinstructions);
>
> I get a 958 error code (parameter missing) - but if I change "°" to
> "foo" I get no error and everything makes the trip.
>
> Also, I get a ? in place of "degrees" when I echo out my recipe
> instructions (when trying to replace with "°").
>
>
> I realize that this ---> "°" is causing my problem... but I'm clueless
> as to what format to use to get it to pass.
>
> I know that the ° in Unicode is U+00B0 and &deg in html.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Orrrr, would you just recommend using a script in FileMaker to change
> degrees to ° after it is in FileMaker?
>
>
>
>
> Alex P. Gates
> G&R Publishing Co.
> 507 Industrial Street
> Waverly, IA 50677
> Ph: 319-352-5391 x 319
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Alex Gates
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 2:29 PM
> To: 'FX.php Discussion List'
> Subject: [FX.php List] passing unicode to filemaker
>
> Hi everyone - I searched around to try to find my answer, but I am
> having no luck.
>
> I've been working on a ton of str_replace to replace a bunch of  
> stuff in
> a recipe submission form...
> I'd like to add another to replace "degrees" with ° .  I can't get  
> it to
> pass through... and I am not sure if it is a PHP or an FX.PHP  
> problem...
> Is there any special formatting I need to do in my PHP to send it as
> Unicode? (U+00B0) -
>
>
> Alex P. Gates
> G&R Publishing Co.
> 507 Industrial Street
> Waverly, IA 50677
> Ph: 319-352-5391 x 319
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Kevin  
> Futter
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:14 PM
> To: FX.php Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] FM script issues
>
> On 3/8/06 1:31 PM, "DC" <dan.cynosure at dbmscan.com> wrote:
>
>> just swinging blind here...did you try the old trick of exiting the
>> field you are writing to in a script step?
>
> It's not my script; in fact, it's not even my database. I have  
> access to
> it,
> so I could change it I guess, but it's a complicated script, and  
> I'd be
> concerned about messing with it. I'm also not much of an FM  
> scripter, so
> I'm
> not even sure what you mean exactly! Anyway, I'll have a look and get
> back.
> It certainly worked as-is in FMU6, which is puzzling.
>
> As a point of interest, I tried using -script.prefind, which actually
> worked
> the first time, but not subsequently. Because I'm submitting to the  
> db,
> 'prefind' data doesn't really exist, so that makes sense (except for
> working
> the first time).
>
> More later ...
>
> -- 
> Kevin Futter
> Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
> http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/
>
>
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