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Hi,

I have a database PostgreSQL entry that includes the string €
which is the euro sign.

When I retrieve the string through a PHP SQL statement and then echo the
result to the browser, it shows the correct euro sign, but in the source
code, it still says € ...

This is a problem to me, because I generate a PDF, and in this it still
says € instead of the euro sign. I have the same behaviour with
signs like '-' and '+'

Any help is very appreciated.

Thanks,georg.
Nov 30 '07 #1
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Georg Weiler wrote:
Hi,

I have a database PostgreSQL entry that includes the string €
which is the euro sign.

When I retrieve the string through a PHP SQL statement and then echo the
result to the browser, it shows the correct euro sign, but in the source
code, it still says € ...

This is a problem to me, because I generate a PDF, and in this it still
says € instead of the euro sign. I have the same behaviour with
signs like '-' and '+'

Any help is very appreciated.

Thanks,georg.
You have to simply replace the HTML symbols with the real characters
before generating the PDF with str_replace.

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www.lamib.info
Nov 30 '07 #2
Thanks lamib, it works.

But isn't there a ready-to-use built-in function in PHP that does this
trick?

lamib schrieb:
Georg Weiler wrote:
>Hi,

I have a database PostgreSQL entry that includes the string €
which is the euro sign.

When I retrieve the string through a PHP SQL statement and then echo
the result to the browser, it shows the correct euro sign, but in the
source code, it still says € ...

This is a problem to me, because I generate a PDF, and in this it
still says € instead of the euro sign. I have the same behaviour
with signs like '-' and '+'

Any help is very appreciated.

Thanks,georg .


You have to simply replace the HTML symbols with the real characters
before generating the PDF with str_replace.

--
www.lamib.info
Nov 30 '07 #3
This is a problem to me, because I generate a PDF, and in this it still
says € instead of the euro sign. I have the same behaviour with
signs like '-' and '+'
So you learned that output specific codes never ever belong into the
database.
Dec 1 '07 #4

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