Changing é into html entities without touching the html elements ?

[Peuplarchie]

Good day to you all,
I'm working on a script which take the text from a txt file and add his content to an php page.
I have no problem with that part, see code below :

$textsec = file_get_contents('text.txt');

echo nl2br($textsec); 

This page can include <b> <u>... html element.

Where my problem start is that it's possible that I get some :

é

à



..words with accent.. 

How can I convert them to their respective html entitie code without touching my html element ?

Thanks!

[Shrapnel_N5]

Why do you need this? These elements should be displayed correctly.
What encoding do you use? Are there only one encopding (language) on the page?

[AnthonySterling]

Try taking a look at strtr().

echo strtr(
    "here is an <strong>é</strong>",
    array(
        'é'    => '&eacute;'
    )
); #here is an <strong>&eacute;</strong> 

[Peuplarchie]

yes you are right, I'm talking about them :

é
ê
...

[Peuplarchie]

Anthony,
can I do something like :

echo nl2br(strtr(
    "here is an <strong>é</strong>",
    array(
        'é'    => '&eacute;'
        'ê'    => '&ecirc;'
    ))
); 

[AnthonySterling]

Sure.

[Peuplarchie]

Here is what i'm now working but I'm getting an error:
syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ')'

$textsec = file_get_contents('constitution_fr.txt');
echo nl2br(strtr(
        $textsec,
        array(
        'é'    => 'é'
        'ê'    => 'ê'
        'è'    => 'è'    
                'È'    => '&Eagrave;'    
                'É'    => 'É'    
                'Ê'    => 'Ê'    
                'À'    => '&Agarve;'    
                'Á'    => 'Á'    
                'Â'    => 'Â'    
                'Ç'    => 'Ĉ'    
                'Î'    => 'Î'    
                'Ï'    => 'Ï'    
                'Ô'    => 'Ô'    
                'Ù'    => '&Uagrave;'    
                'Û'    => 'Û'
                'à'    => 'à'
                'á'    => 'á'
                'â'    => 'â'
                'ç'    => 'ĉ'
                'î'    => 'î'
                'ô'    => 'ô'
                'û'    => 'û'
    ));
                ); 

[Shrapnel_N5]

You're on the wrong way.
No need to replace it at all

[Peuplarchie]

why ?

[Peuplarchie]

I don't understand, it won't change the other no?

[Peuplarchie]

Nice I got it working !!!
Thanks!

Is there a way to make that an external script that I load each time I need ?

[Shrapnel_N5]

Why do you need this replace?
Why don't just output text as is? What's the problem?

[felgall]

Originally Posted by Shrapnel_N5

Why do you need this replace?
Why don't just output text as is? What's the problem?

Most browsers will display all those characters as ? in the output unless you first convert them to the correct entity codes.

[Shrapnel_N5]

That's nonsense!
Do you see it here as "?" in your browser?
We're in the 21th century. Every browser in the world can display any encoding, even japanese Shift-JIS with no problem
If it was properly set in HTTP header

The only reason for replace is if you have two single-byte encodings on one page.
But in this case you must use UTF for sure.