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17/09/2007, 15h09

Sanders Kaufman;92237 Wrote:
>
> > No, sorry I was actually talking about some non standard characters
> > that MS Words inserts.
> >
> > Some bowser will, (maybe wrongly), not display any invalid
> characters
> > in the textarea itself giving the user the impression that
> everything
> > is fine.
> >
> > But when I then try to display the comment/entry I get a bunch of
> > questions marks for the characters that were invalid.
>
> Ah, so. You're having a character set problem.
> Rather than have a big old off-topic thread about it here, you should
> probably take the question to an Office or HTML group.
> PHP won't you much.[/color]

No I am not, read the question again, carefully this time.
Textareas of most browsers will, (wrongly), accept MS Word pasted
code.

By the time it gets to my server I have to clean it up.
My PHP code must handle it.

Is that on topic enough for you?

FFMG

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FFMG Messages: n/a Hébergeur:	Re: Stripping MS Word code from my forms once and for all. Sanders Kaufman;92237 Wrote: > > > No, sorry I was actually talking about some non standard characters > > that MS Words inserts. > > > > Some bowser will, (maybe wrongly), not display any invalid > characters > > in the textarea itself giving the user the impression that > everything > > is fine. > > > > But when I then try to display the comment/entry I get a bunch of > > questions marks for the characters that were invalid. > > Ah, so. You're having a character set problem. > Rather than have a big old off-topic thread about it here, you should > probably take the question to an Office or HTML group. > PHP won't you much.[/color] No I am not, read the question again, carefully this time. Textareas of most browsers will, (wrongly), accept MS Word pasted code. By the time it gets to my server I have to clean it up. My PHP code must handle it. Is that on topic enough for you? FFMG -- 'webmaster forum' (http://www.httppoint.com) \| 'Free Blogs' (http://www.journalhome.com/) \| 'webmaster Directory' (http://www.webhostshunter.com/) 'Recreation Vehicle insurance' (http://www.insurance-owl.com/other/car_rec.php) \| 'Free URL redirection service' (http://urlkick.com/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FFMG's Profile: http://www.httppoint.com/member.php?userid=580 View this thread: http://www.httppoint.com/showthread.php?t=20318 Message Posted via the webmaster forum http://www.httppoint.com, (Ad revenue sharing).