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The apostrophe (not quotes) is being converted in the Title field upon output to browser.
Thus, when you View Source, you’ll see the & # 8217   in the Title and not just a simple   ‘

Is the database saving it as a & # 8217   or saving it as a   ’  ?
Or I guess I’m asking, does the database save it as a   ’  but only upon output it converts it to & # 8217 ?

The other custom text fields (set to None)  do not have this problem. They show a normal ‘.

It should really not change it but just keep it as an apostrophe. Why is it changed, and only in the Title Field? Just want to understand the reasoning so I can understand better.

Thanks!

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ps. EE 1.7.1 Build:  20110520

Hi joann22,

Apostrophes are stored in the database as this character, exactly:

'

It’s converted to this

’

...only during the template rendering. It’s part of the automatic formatting that entry titles receive during parsing, but I’m not sure the exact reasoning behind why the apostrophe is converted so. Does this cause problems for you on your site?

Yes, we don’t want it converted. Is there a fix or work-around? Options? Hmm… can I comment it out in core.typography.php ?

Any thoughts? Don’t mean to rush you for an answer. 😊

Any options?

Hi Joan22,

Can I ask why you don’t want it converted? The only reason I ask is that yes it does indeed get output to the source code as the entity number but in your actual rendered page it should be showing up fine.

I don’t mean to sound rude when I ask this but I’m just wondering why you need it to show up as an apostrophe in the source code?

Thanks,

Mark

Hi Mark,
Thanks for the reply. Since the system and the site is already utf-8, there is no need to convert the apostrophe. It is also saved as an actual apostrophe in the database, as Kevin said.

Is there a work around?

I am having the same problem with apostrophes in the page titles.

Joann and soundseller - I’d tend to use one of the available Find and Replace plugins and change it out that way. I know it’s not an ideal solution, but it will work.

Sue: I’m having the same issue. The entity for apostrophe is displaying in the title tag (on screen, not just in source). I have not been able to figure out why after much searching and figured the easiest fix was the search/replace that you mentioned. So I downloaded the Low Replace plugin, but I’m not sure how to get it to display just an apostrophe.

This tag

{exp:low_replace find="’" replace"'"}

we’re

were

Any ideas how to get the apostrophe back in there? Thought this might be helpful if others have the same issue.

It was a missing = in the code. :red: For the throngs of people wanting a solution to this issue, please know that Low Replace works with this code:

{exp:low_replace find="’" replace="’"}

Hey vmills,

Thanks for letting us know!

Nice work.

cheers,