Posted by lamib on 11/30/07 20:20

Georg Weiler wrote:
> 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.
>>
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Oh, yeah, sorry, I totally forgot about it. html_entity_decode is what
you're looking for! :)

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