http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/ Online Tips For Tech Users, Bloggers and Designers Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:15:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-433221 hip hop Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:25:04 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/#comment-433221 thanks so much,lol thanks so much,lol

]]> http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-223740 X Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:31:05 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/#comment-223740 Doing a search and replace on weird characters that appear after an upgrade is stupid and time-consuming. Later versions of WP specify character encoding/collation as UTF8 but early versions left it at the default latin1. When upgrading the database converts some characters to garbage in the process. The proper way of fixing this is to convert the contents of the database in a non-destructive way. Look up the details on the codex; basically you convert specific fields containing "garbage" characters to their binary equivalents (text -> blob, varchar -> varbinary), convert the table to UTF8, and then switch the fields back to their original state. Problem solved. It is a bit more complicated but you'll get everything and, well... that's the right way to do it. Again, look up the details in the codex--it is easier than it sounds. Doing a search and replace on weird characters that appear after an upgrade is stupid and time-consuming. Later versions of WP specify character encoding/collation as UTF8 but early versions left it at the default latin1. When upgrading the database converts some characters to garbage in the process. The proper way of fixing this is to convert the contents of the database in a non-destructive way. Look up the details on the codex; basically you convert specific fields containing “garbage” characters to their binary equivalents (text -> blob, varchar -> varbinary), convert the table to UTF8, and then switch the fields back to their original state. Problem solved. It is a bit more complicated but you’ll get everything and, well… that’s the right way to do it. Again, look up the details in the codex–it is easier than it sounds.

]]> http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-192106 jocuri Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:35:52 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/#comment-192106 hey really great stuff , thankx so much ! hey really great stuff , thankx so much !

]]> http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-114299 Sly from Slyvisions.com Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:18:39 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/#comment-114299 I've been looking all over the internet for this. Thanks for sharing us the plugin! I’ve been looking all over the internet for this. Thanks for sharing us the plugin!

]]> http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-114272 Syahid A. Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:29:08 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/#comment-114272 A very nice Wordpress function indeed. A very nice Wordpress function indeed.

]]> http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-114259 uzairubiah Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:36:36 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/#comment-114259 That's a good article you provide.I seldomly use to see those errors like that before. That’s a good article you provide.I seldomly use to see those errors like that before.

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