[FX.php List] special characters and fm

Thu Sep 13 11:50:16 MDT 2007

But are you sure that there is not a warning only?

I have errors sometimes, but the data is still added in the system...

ggt667

On 9/13/07, Alicia M. Cosenza <aliciamc at dso.ufl.edu> wrote:
> Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions.  I am using Dreamweaver
> for an editor.  I changed the settings and resaved my documents but it
> still isn't cooperating.
>
> I put it through a couple sites that check headers (found here:
> http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-headers-charset ) and
> they all spit the content-type at me as: Content-Type:text/html.
>
> This is the page:
> http://www.dso.ufl.edu/nsp/parents/familyweekend/booth/
> If you view the source you can of course see the header.
>
> The form submits ok when I do not use any pasted characters but just
> in case:
>
> //make new record for entry
> $addMember = new FX(xip, xport);
> $addMember->SetDBData('xDB', 'xLayout');
> $addMember->SetDBPassword('xx', 'xx');
>
> //add info
> $addMember->AddDBParam('Sponsor', $sponsor);
> $addMember->AddDBParam('Contact Name', $cname);
> $addMember->AddDBParam('Contact Email', $cemail);
> $addMember->AddDBParam('Contact Phone', $cphone);
> $addMember->AddDBParam('Booth Title', $title);
> $addMember->AddDBParam('Booth Description', $desc);
> $addMember->AddDBParam('Special Needs', $special);
>
> //add result
> $addResult = $addMember->FMNew();
>
> Really nothing fancy :).  I will continue trying to figure this out.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Alicia Cosenza
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Troy Meyers
> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 6:02 PM
> To: FX.php Discussion List
> Subject: RE: [FX.php List] special characters and fm
>
> Alicia,
>
> The Parameter Missing error is one of the symptoms of not using:
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
>
> I always put it in the <HEAD> section, not just at the top of the
> page, like this:
>
> <head>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
> <title>My Page Name</title>
>
> ......
>
> Are you using Dreamweaver? It puts its own in too, so if you have
> both, there might be a problem. Take a look at the code.
>
> I don't have to deal with the "both" problem now, the right thing is
> put in a newly created page, because I changed the Preferences in
> Dreamweaver. Look under Preferences, and find the "New Document"
> panel. For Default Encoding select the dropdown menu item "Unicode 4.0
> UTF-8"
>
> WHATEVER EDITOR you are using, the META tag isn't enough, it also
> needs to be SAVED using the correct encoding. For example, for BBEdit,
> it's "UnicodeTM (UTF-8, no BOM)" which is selectable in one of the
> popup menus at the bottom of the window.
>
> Maybe that helps?
>
> -Troy
>
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Unfortunately it did not :(.
> >
> > I would have loved it if it would have.  The error code I am getting
> is
> > 958.  I think you are right though that it is something to do with
> > encoding since the text that is returned in place of the characters
> is
> > nonsense.
> >
> > Any other ideas?
> >
> > Alicia Cosenza
>
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