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POHow to dynamically replace unreadable characters with correct ones with jQuery, JS or PHP?
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copied!<p>I'm not sure it's even possible, but something tells me it may be. I'd appreciate expert guidance. </p> <p>My WordPress-based website gets bits of dynamic content from this other site ("this day in aviation" widget):</p> <p><a href="http://www.youngeagles.com/factzone/thisday.asp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.youngeagles.com/factzone/thisday.asp</a></p> <p>I embed that data into my site using this bit of code:</p> <pre><code><div id="this_day_in_history"> <h3>This Day in Aviation History</h3> <script src="http://www.youngeagles.com/thisday/absolutecr.asp?z=1" type="text/javascript"></script> </div> </code></pre> <p>On the original site, all the characters display perfectly fine, but when they are displayed on my site, some of the quotes and a few French and Spanish characters are replaced with <code><?></code>. </p> <p>Is there a magic line of code that would allow me to fix the look of the characters on my site?</p> <p>Preferably with jQuery or JavaScript, or maybe there's a PHP solution? </p> <p>I would be grateful for your suggestions!</p> <p><strong>EDIT: the initial solution was offered as answer to this question by Adam MacDonald, but the snippet of code he generously composed needed a couple of further adjustments for my purposes. The final solution was offered by Phoenix in a separate thread:</strong> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6336409/a-bit-of-php-code-wipes-out-wordpress-site">A bit of PHP code wipes out WordPress site</a> </p>

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