class DATABASE_CONFIG {
var $default = array(
'driver' => 'mysql',
...
'encoding' => 'utf8'
);
}
I forget to put that in on a regular basis and it always costs my a
few minutes of debugging. ;-)
Not sure why it's not in the default template.
On 6 Oct 2008, at 10:24, Ryan wrote:
>
> Hey Adam, thanks. Here's how I'm setup:
>
> core.php
> Configure::write('App.encoding', 'UTF-8')
>
> database.php
> (I don't see a place to specify UTF-8)
>
> MySQL
> utf8_general_ci
>
> default.ctp (head section)
> <?php echo $html->charset('UTF-8') ?>
>
> Am I missing anything?
>
> When you say to make sure all of my code is utf8 compliant (eg string
> conversions), what do you mean? Can you be more specific?
>
> I think users of my site are entering curly quotes, which are saved to
> the db, then come out as garbage when displayed in HTML.
>
> -Ryan
>
>
> On Sep 30, 9:05 pm, Adam Royle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If your database is correctly setup as utf8, cakephp db settings as
>> utf8 and your html is output as utf8, and make sure all of your code
>> is utf8 compliant (eg string conversion, etc) then you shouldn't have
>> any issues. Unless you just don't like the look of curly quotes?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Adam
>>
>> On Oct 1, 8:39 am, Ryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm using a UTF-8 character set and the curly single and double
>>> quotes
>>> are causing some problems with my app. I have a couple of questions
>>> regarding the best way to deal with (eliminate) them:
>>
>>> Allow the curly quotes to go into the database, but convert them to
>>> straight quotes before display? Or convert them into straight quotes
>>> before going into the database?
>>
>>> And beyond that fundamental issue, what is the best way to convert
>>> from curly to straight? I've dealt with similar issues in some of my
>>> non-Cake PHP applications and am wondering if Cake has any built-in
>>> functionality for dealing.
>>
>>> Thanks!
> >
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