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# Fixes broken UTF8 strings as instructed at http://ruby.runpaint.org/encoding
def self.sanitize_string(str, request_charset=nil)
return str unless str.is_a?(String)
ic = Iconv.new('UTF-8//IGNORE', 'UTF-8')
dest = ic.iconv(str + ' ')[0..-2]
dest = encode_from_request_charset(str, request_charset) unless dest.valid_encoding?
dest
end
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