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Questions tagged [apostrophe]
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PHP Apostrophe issue
I have been given a database whose content I can't modify. Everything has been going fine until I was passing some variables in a URL through a link, and an apostrophe in one of the variables (i.e "Frank's Used Cars") is causing the variables behind…

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Apostrophe (') help when dealing with sql using Python
I am trying to read in contents and write insert statements to create an sql script using Python.
I have come across an issue when the content I read contains an aprostrophe and I'm not sure how do I workaround this issue, because I can't just…

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Dynamicjasper Excel and the leading Apostrophe
Im using DynamicJasper to generate an Excel sheet. Im experiencing some difficulty with the apostrophe prepended to my date columns values.
I defined my column like this:
AbstractColumn dateColumn =…

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HOW TO force XSLT to encode apostrophes as it does for quotes
in input XML I have a tag
Sample " '
in XSL I transform this tag with:
When I run XSLT the output is:

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Proper way to write a dynamically built PHP form with input from array in Laravel
So I'm pretty new to Laravel and not at the point where I have mental bandwidth to mess with Vue.
In the meantime, I'm also trying to build forms dynamically to make the code easier on the eyes.
My code looks like this:

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Access: Filtering form on field - fails when fields contains an apostrophe
I have a filter on a continuous form that uses a Combo Box to select records to match; the code is:
Private Sub SelectHospitalCbo_AfterUpdate()
Me.Filter = "[ContactHospital] = " & "'" & Me.SelectHospitalCbo & "'"
Me.FilterOn = True
End…

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PHP: mail function -- how do I include an apostrophe in a parameter
I am having trouble with a valid email address with an apostrophe as the $to parameter. I don't know how to pass a parameter with an apostrophe to the PHP mail() function.

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Transliteration from Ukrainian to English
I try to make translit function from Ukrainian to English on php. Is this correct especially for apostroph sign. And what about translit function from English to Ukrainian? Any ideas or link
function translit($s) {
$s = (string) $s;
$s =…

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Replace words in a string including plural variations with apostrophes
I want to link matches for specific words in a sentence. Overall this is easy, and sample code could go like this:
$words = array("Facebook", "Apple");
$text = "Is Facebook's vr hardware better than Apple's current prototype?";
foreach($words as $w)…

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Dreamweaver Auto completing apostrophes
The new Dreamweaver 5.5 closes the apostrophe as soon as you open it. Is there anyway to turn this feature off? I thought it would be with the auto html closing tags, but its not.
Thanks in advance

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In Java Regex - email validation, How to allow apostrophe before @ and not as first and last character before @ and not two consecutive apostrophe?
Regex Used:
EMAIL_VALID_REGEX = "^[_A-Za-z0-9-\\+]+(\\.[_A-Za-z0-9-]+)*@"+"[_A-Za-z0-9-]+(\\.[_A-Za-z0-9-]+)*(\\.[A-Za-z]{2,})$";
Now i need to allow apostrophe before @ and also it should not allow apostrophe as first and last character and also…

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Code Igniter: allowing apostrophe in URI's while depending on Query Bindings for safety
I've been figuring out how to let apostrophe's cross URI's.
I'm building a site that allows users to "create photo albums". I have a link that when clicked, it will load and display all the contents of a certain album. I'm using codeigniter so this…

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For Python language, What is the difference between single and double quotation marks
While I am developing the Python code, I found I used to use single quotation marks all the time, but some experienced programmers used double quotation marks more often. I couldn't find the difference between them, could anyone help to give me some…

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next-i18next has bug Apostrophe is displayed as '
I am using next-i18next. I have a bug has bug Apostrophe is displayed as '
How I can fix it?

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How do I type the slanted apostrophe on the command line?
I'm running a React Native app on an iPhone from the command line, and use the command react-native run-ios --device "’s iPhone". The problem is I always have to copy-paste this, because the apostrophe in ’s is different from the…

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