You are calling mysql_real_escape_string, right?... And is the character set of the MySQL server, and of the MySQL client, set to whatever character set bjorn with the two-dots-o is in?...
I don't claim to understand this stuff, but I know you can't just magically make a non-ASCII character somehow survive into ASCII translation without doing something with it... On Thu, July 19, 2007 1:53 pm, ahlist wrote: > Hello, > > A libarary I'm using (the cybersource api if it helps any) is dying > when I pass it "extended" chars - such as bjorn (two dots over the o - > not sure of the actual name of this char -sorry). > > For some reason, the newest version of cybersourc's api aborts on this > input. > > Can anyone recommend a quick way to strip/convert those chars out > before I pass it to cybersources lib? > > I store the data as a varchar in mysql and pull it out in a query. > > Thanks for ANY advice. I need to get some sort of fix for this asap. > cybersource are no help. > > Thanks. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
