ID: 32880 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: Diomedes_01 at yahoo dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Strings related Operating System: Solaris 9 PHP Version: 5.0.4 New Comment:
Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Due to the volume of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not a bug. The support channels will be able to provide an explanation for you. Thank you for your interest in PHP. What you're getting is really UTF-8 encoded string.. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-04-28 23:46:20] Diomedes_01 at yahoo dot com Description: ------------ I am unable to properly encode certain strings from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8. I have tried using utf8_encode, mb_convert_encoding and iconv with no success. The code I am attempting this on is as follows: Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $main_test_string = "référendum sur la Constitution européenne"; $string_test = mb_detect_encoding($main_test_string, 'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1'); echo "Encoding used: $string_test<br>"; // Properly displays ISO-8859-1 // First try converting with iconv $iconv_test = iconv("ISO-8859-1", "UTF-8", $main_test_string); echo "Iconv test: $iconv_test<br>"; // Displays nothing. No data whatsoever // Now try converting with mb_convert_encoding $mb_test = mb_convert_encoding($main_test_string, "UTF-8", "ISO-8859-1"); $string_test2 = mb_detect_encoding($mb_test, 'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1'); echo "Encoding used: $string_test2<br>"; // Indicates string is now UTF-8 encoded (which is wrong) echo "MB Test convert value: $mb_test<br>"; // Displays: rĂ©fĂ©rendum sur la Constitution europĂ©enne; doesn't look like UTF-8 to me // Finally try utf8_encode $utf8_encode_test = utf8_encode($main_test_string); $string_test3 = mb_detect_encoding($textfieldabstract, 'UTF-8, ISO-8859-1'); echo "Encoding used: $string_test3<br>"; // Indicates string is now UTF-8 encoded (which is wrong) echo "Abstract post conversion: $utf8_encode_test<br>"; // Same as before, displays: rĂ©fĂ©rendum sur la Constitution europĂ©enne ?> Expected result: ---------------- I should be seeing UTF-8 (Unicode) translated text of the style: 'Ελληνι' Note that the above does work for non-latin based character sets like chinese, japanese, russian, greek, etc. Actual result: -------------- What I am seeing is the following string: rĂ©fĂ©rendum sur la Constitution europĂ©enne Definately not UTF-8. Could be Klingon. :-) I will admit I am not a Unicode master but this is certainly quite puzzling. According to the documentation, iconv is supposed to work in this case but it is not displaying any data. I am running PHP 5.0.4 with iconv enabled. (I see it in my phpinfo output) Please advise. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=32880&edit=1
