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POPHP won't str_replace single quotes from database
 

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    <p>This is really weird to explain, so here it goes...</p> <p>I'm fetching data from phpmyadmin that contains unescaped single quotes. I'm trying to convert <code>'</code> to <code>&amp;apos;</code> by using <code>Content-Type: text/html;</code> in a php header.</p> <p>In one column of the database, this is the value: <code>This year's...</code></p> <p>I set the content type to <code>&lt;?php header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8'); ?&gt;</code></p> <p>I fetched the data with <code>mysql_fetch_assoc()</code>, so it should output, <code>This year&amp;apos;s</code>. But, it outputs <code>This year�s...</code>.</p> <p>I then manually deleted <code>This year's...</code> from the database and replaced it with the same <code>This year's...</code> (directly in the database). I set the content type to <code>text/html</code> again and got this:</p> <pre><code>This year&amp;apos;s... </code></pre> <p>That's it... this is almost imossible to explain. A single quote is submitted to the database through a form. I fetch it and set the content type to text/html and it outputs <code>'</code> as <code>�</code>. If I go into the database, manually delete the <code>'</code>, and replace it with the same <code>'</code>, it then outputs <code>&amp;apos;</code>.</p> <p>Has anyone ever experienced this weird quirk or recognize what it might be?</p> <p>UPDATE:</p> <p>The value in the database is <code>This year's</code> which was uploaded by a form. The quote is unescaped in the database. Here's how I'm fetching the data. I want the <code>'</code> to be converted to <code>&amp;apos;</code>.</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8'); include('init.inc.php'); function get_feeds() { $query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1"); while($fetch = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)) { $text = $fetch['text']; echo $text; } } ?&gt; &lt;?php get_feeds(); ?&gt; </code></pre> <p>It outputs <code>This year�s</code>.</p> <p>I then delete <code>This year's</code> from the database and manually write <code>This year's</code> in it's place. It outputs this <code>This year&amp;apos;s</code>.</p>
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    2. COI added a bit of code. The code is pretty self explanatory. The single quotes in the DB are all unescaped and were uploaded by a form.
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    3. COuse `$text = html_entity_decode($fetch['text']);`
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