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Reputation: 1857

PHP euro symbol htmlentities

$string = 'ab!:;c+12,.3 €def-x/';
$string = preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s€+-]+/', '', $string);
$val=htmlentities($string, ENT_NOQUOTES, );
echo $string,"\n";

Echos

abc+123 �def-x

And not 

abc+123 €def-x

I need to get the Euro symbol through a Regex and into the database but not as the Euro symbol.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1750

Answers (2)

deceze
deceze

Reputation: 522016

You'll need to supply the u modifier for the regex, otherwise it doesn't handle Unicode characters:

preg_replace('/.../u', ...)

If you do so, make sure the source code and text is encoded in UTF-8.

Upvotes: 1

Alix Axel
Alix Axel

Reputation: 154513

Try:

$string = 'ab!:;c+12,.3 €def-x/';
$string = preg_replace('/[^a-zA-Z0-9\s€+-]+/u', '', $string);
$val=htmlentities($string, ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8');
echo $string,"\n";

Should fix it.

Upvotes: 1

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