[FX.php List] passing unicode to filemaker

Mon Aug 7 08:33:12 MDT 2006

so, what you are saying is that you need the actual degree symbol to  
appear in filemaker because somebody is looking at it in native  
filemaker layout? ah, that is a trick. off the top of my head (no  
filemaker right here) you could make a calculated field that looks  
like this (probably something wrong with this syntax though)  
substitute(fieldname, "&#xB0", "degreesymbol")

i thought you were looking for the data to just be stored there in  
FMP. in which case, you don't care what it looks like in a filemaker  
field because your ultimate rendering will be in HTML where you can  
use &deg; or the unicode.

when you are able to store the unicode or HTML &deg; symbol in FMP  
and then bring it out with a find request the browser will obviously  
render it properly.

i have a feeling i don't have all the puzzle pieces right here though.
dan

On Aug 7, 2006, at 9:00 AM, Alex Gates wrote:

> Thanks, Dan-
>
> I tried all three…. And this is the format I am using - -
> $recipeinstructions = str_replace(array("degrees"), '&#xB0;',
> $recipeinstructions);
> I also tried all three with the double quotes instead of the single -
> For example
> $recipeinstructions = str_replace(array("degrees"), "&#xB0;",
> $recipeinstructions);
>
> I get no error code, but it passes into filemaker as &#xB0; - - (and
> same for the other two)
> So, for example, for my recipe instructions it says:
> Preheat oven to 350 &#xB0;
>
> Am I using the wrong format in my str_replace?
>
> 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 DC
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 7:45 AM
> To: FX.php Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] passing unicode to filemaker
>
> 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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