Search and replace special characters with html

  • Resolved DavidMjps

    (@davidmjps)


    11 years, 11 months ago

    I need to replace a bunch of left and right single and double quotes, em dashes, etc with the corresponding html.

    I tried copying and pasting the characters from phpMyAdmin (and from a word doc) to the Search field but the plugin only found them in the wp-options field:

    ——————————
    Looking @ all …
    Collapse All Expand All
    Results for: “
    Table: wp_options … Total Results for ““”: 5
    SQL
    Result
    ——————————

    If I browse the actual database I can see the characters. Is there a way to make this work ?

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/search-and-replace/

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  • Plugin Contributor Frank Bueltge

    (@bueltge)

    I think you have not set the checkbox for replace it; on the first section to search replace, change the checkbot to the second input field and add values for search and replace.

    Thread Starter DavidMjps

    (@davidmjps)

    Thanks Frank
    I thought I would be able to just search for the characters before doing a search and replace.

    However your method worked perfectly.

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