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Trying to add $ in my labels.txt but it won't work?

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snowball77
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13 years 5 months ago #41364 by snowball77

Trying to add $ in my labels.txt but it won't work? was created by snowball77

Hi There,
I am adding some titles and descriptions into my labels.txt file.
However when I add $650.00 for example in the code, the character $ obviously is read as something else.
Does anyone know how I can get around this so I can show a dollar sign in my labels?
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13 years 5 months ago #41365 by Katia

Replied by Katia on topic Re: Trying to add $ in my labels.txt but it won't work?

Replace $ with &36;

For more info:
www.w3.org/MarkUp/html3/latin1.html

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13 years 5 months ago #41366 by snowball77

Replied by snowball77 on topic Re: Trying to add $ in my labels.txt but it won't work?

Hello, Thanks so much for the reply.
I tried this change but it is reading it literally - see I use this

Aloe-spicata.jpg||Black Botanica: Aloe Spicata 
No. BB01: LTD. ED. 75 Size 850 x 600mm
Print &36;650.00 Framed &36;850.00

And you can test it here webc5.sky.studiocoast.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=2

It is still showing as $36;

Is there something else I have to do?

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13 years 5 months ago #41367 by snowball77

Replied by snowball77 on topic Re: Trying to add $ in my labels.txt but it won't work?

HI - Can anyone shed any light on this please, I really need to fix this ASAP.
I have used the &36; to try and show $ and it will not work??

Please help?

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13 years 5 months ago - 13 years 5 months ago #41368 by JoomlaWorks

Replied by JoomlaWorks on topic Re: Trying to add $ in my labels.txt but it won't work?

&36; is the HTML equivalent of the $ sign. It looks like PHP is doing something weird here when sanitizing the label description. Can you please use USD as a workaround until we figure why this happens?

So, e.g. display prices like this: "Buy this for USD 20"

OK, it looks like PHP is to blame here... It parses the labels file as PHP and therefore things e.g. $20 is a variable and hides it completely. The solution is to "escape" the $ sign.

So in your labels instead of writing e.g. "$20 for this", write "\$20 for this" (without the quotes of course...).

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13 years 5 months ago - 13 years 5 months ago #41369 by backlashforblow

Replied by backlashforblow on topic Re: Trying to add $ in my labels.txt but it won't work?

Hello, Thanks so much for the reply.
I tried this change but it is reading it literally - see I use this

Aloe-spicata.jpg||Black Botanica: Aloe Spicata 
No. BB01: LTD. ED. 75 Size 850 x 600mm
Print &36;650.00 Framed &36;850.00

And you can test it here webc5.sky.studiocoast.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=2

It is still showing as $36;

Is there something else I have to do?

sounds good to me. It really helped me out a lot. Thanks ;D

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13 years 5 months ago #41370 by Alexander Radin

Replied by Alexander Radin on topic Re: Trying to add $ in my labels.txt but it won't work?

I was able to get it to work by using $36 with a space before the price so:

"$36 2,400" works but it does not work if the space is not there and it does not work if you use "$36;" (with the semicolon). No quotes of course.

The solution of escaping it did not work for me.

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13 years 5 months ago #41371 by snowball77

Replied by snowball77 on topic Re: Trying to add $ in my labels.txt but it won't work?

Hi All,
Thanks for getting back to me on this one
I ended up using a line like this so $36$ 850.00 worked for me !

Aloe-spicata.jpg||Black Botanica: Aloe Spicata 
No. BB01: LTD. ED. 75 Size 850 x 600mm
Print $36$ 650.00 Framed $36$ 850.00

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