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Diffrent Encoding
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:07 am
by onlinedrivingtest
I have this problem that I do not know the encoding of the text I am working with. This makes it difficult to work with mysql as the diffrent encoding can mess up my database.
Whats the best way to do this?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:27 am
by Weirdan
Obviously, the best way is to know what is encoding you're working with.
It means you need either:
- detect encoding of incoming data; or
- force particular encoding for incoming data
, whichever suits better, depending on the nature of your application.
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:37 am
by jayshields
I may be way off here, but I think that he means the way his text editor encoded PHP files.
I have had this problem before, where if I don't save in ANSI encoding then it just outputs chinese characters when I run the script on my server.
Anyway, if you do mean that, just make sure you Save As everytime you're uncertain and choose ANSI encoding, that's what I do.
If you don't mean anything like the above, don't listen to me

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:01 pm
by JAM
jayshields wrote:I may be way off here, but I think that he means the way his text editor encoded PHP files.
I have had this problem before, where if I don't save in ANSI encoding then it just outputs chinese characters when I run the script on my server.
Anyway, if you do mean that, just make sure you Save As everytime you're uncertain and choose ANSI encoding, that's what I do.
If you don't mean anything like the above, don't listen to me

Weither you are correct or not, this is still an interesting subject. But please do note what editor you are using for future reference. It often a setting in the editor itself tha might cause this. In an win32 enviroment I use UltraEdit. A flick of a checkbox will create the problem you just described, but in a Linux enviroment I never have these issues.
( Please, do not turn this into a thread about what editor is the better.
We have a thread for this. )
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 2:33 pm
by onlinedrivingtest
No it isnt my editor.
I have no way of knowing what encoding the text i am working with is.
Sure i can force the encoding i wish but I am sure you have seen yourself what happens if you go on a chinese website all the letters go to crap.
Asfor a workaround Im working on it
