Re: [PHP] Re: Name Capitalization
On Fri, May 4, 2007 10:10 am, Michelle Konzack wrote: >Anyway, why not reject any $USER input, which has >only CAPITALS/SMALL LETTERS? $first_name = 'J.K.'; $last_name = 'Rowling'; $first_name = 'e.e.'; $last_name = 'cummings'; . . . -- 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
Re: [PHP] Re: Name Capitalization
At 5/4/2007 08:10 AM, Michelle Konzack wrote: Anyway, why not reject any $USER input, which has only CAPITALS/SMALL LETTERS? Because the OP is dealing with an existing dataset of all-caps names inherited from another system. These names are not currently being input by users. If that were the case, prompting users to unstick their shift keys would be possible. Regards, Paul __ Paul Novitski Juniper Webcraft Ltd. http://juniperwebcraft.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: Name Capitalization
Can anyone tell me, WHY I get this message plus some others from this thread today (2005-05-03)? Am 2007-03-19 12:22:10, schrieb Leonard Burton: > HI All, > > Does anyone use a library to properly capitalize last names? Yes me, but it is my own one which I have created from a (commercial) CD... > For instance, McDonald needs to remain that way even if it comes in as > MACDONALD, or macdonald. I hate USER which some subscribing to something and do not know anything about capitalization... > Of course I can write it on my own but would prefer not to reinvent the > wheel. I do not know a free database but you can do something your own with a telephone number CD... It took me arround 5 weesks to get the 27 compressed 650 MByte CD's giving out the First- and Family-Names. I think, you have do it yourself... ATTENTION: You need Country/Language specific lists... (Someone was talking about this in the thread) Anyway, why not reject any $USER input, which has only CAPITALS/SMALL LETTERS? Greetings Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ # Debian GNU/Linux Consultant # Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi 0033/6/6192519367100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com) signature.pgp Description: Digital signature
[PHP] Re: Name Capitalization
Am 2007-03-23 21:27:40, schrieb Richard Lynch: > The solution remains: > > Hire a human. > > The computer will never get accurate enough. > > The exception might be if you are dealing with MILLIONS of names, > where a filter would pay off. You'd still need human review and a > validation process that involved human oversight to a significant > percentage. > > I do not think the OP has millions of names. Only arround 48000. The filter should check, whether the inputstring is ONLY CAPITAL LETTERS or ONLY SMALL LETTERS and then it should act. I do this too with some input fields (no big text fields) since $USER are baindamaged in relation to the right capitalization. Oh, if someone type a name NOT in the database, my system inform me with an E-Mail. So I can update the list. Please note, that I have one list per country which is sometimes redunant but reduce errors... Greetings Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ # Debian GNU/Linux Consultant # Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi 0033/6/6192519367100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com) signature.pgp Description: Digital signature
[PHP] Re: Name Capitalization
Am 2007-03-21 16:57:36, schrieb Shafiq Rehman: > Hi, > > Some problems are universal and we cannot fix them in computer science. I > think it's better to educate/guide your visitors about such names that they > write in correct capitalization ROTFL - In this brandamaged world! Greetings Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ # Debian GNU/Linux Consultant # Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi 0033/6/6192519367100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com) signature.pgp Description: Digital signature
