Validating xhtml problem with ezxml

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Paul Forsyth	Monday 13 October 2003 8:13:13 am Im working through some xhtml errors found when running my site through: http://validator.w3.org and im down to just one error now on the front page. :) I have an xml field containing a sentence with an apostrophe. The validator doesn't like the output and states this: Line 178, column 163: non SGML character number 146 (explain...). ...rch solutions tailored to each clients needs. Although the apostrophe is displayed correctly in the browser i can't seem to get the validator to like it. My page settings seem fine, encoding is iso-8859-1, etc, and the xml within the db seems ok. Any ideas? Paul
Alex Jones	Monday 13 October 2003 8:23:19 am I believe $#146; is not a standard code. I believe it should be ’ Alex Alex [ bald_technologist on the IRC channel (irc.freenode.net): #eZpublish ] <i>When in doubt, clear the cache.</i>
Paul Forsyth	Monday 13 October 2003 8:29:17 am From this page: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html3/latin1.html &39; seems right. But, why is the ezxml producing this encoding in the first place? paul
Alex Jones	Monday 13 October 2003 8:34:58 am Yeah, ' should do the trick for a simple apostrophe. Out of curiosity, this isn't from text pasted from Word or the like, is it? Alex Alex [ bald_technologist on the IRC channel (irc.freenode.net): #eZpublish ] <i>When in doubt, clear the cache.</i>
Paul Forsyth	Monday 13 October 2003 8:40:30 am Yes! It was pasted in from a copy document i was given.... It was from openoffice but the original doc might have been word ;) Excellent, i now get: This Page Is Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional! on the validator :) Out of curiosity is there a way to safely convert characters like this. Working from copy documents is sometimes the only way i can remain sane. Is it a matter of ensuring the original document is itself using the right encoding? thanks, alex! paul
Alex Jones	Monday 13 October 2003 8:43:02 am I don't know of a sure-fire way to do this, though a new wash item might do the trick. When I am worried about weird MS Word issues and the like I will often cut and paste the text into a plain-text editor first which will usually convert everything. Alex Alex [ bald_technologist on the IRC channel (irc.freenode.net): #eZpublish ] <i>When in doubt, clear the cache.</i>
Alex Jones	Monday 13 October 2003 8:46:43 am Something along the line of the Word Cleaner at Textism may prove useful as well: http://www.textism.com/resources/cleanwordhtml/ Alex Alex [ bald_technologist on the IRC channel (irc.freenode.net): #eZpublish ] <i>When in doubt, clear the cache.</i>
Paul Forsyth	Monday 13 October 2003 8:58:33 am thanks, lesson learnt.... :) paul