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Converting fractions to html entities

We've got some fraction information stored in the database, e.g. ¾ ½

Short of doing a search and replace, are there any inbuilt PHP functions that will automatically convert these to proper html entities?

Solution

  • You can use the htmlentities() function. This will replace all special characters with their HTML equivalent. It should do the job.