Re: Http_output


"Taras_96" <taras.di@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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oddly put question. 'http output' is not a php function. there are
individual functions that allow you to format data in a variety of formats
from utf-8 to base 64, etc.. the answer to your specific question is, no.


That makes it a bit clearer. However, this next code snippet explains
what I was trying to get at (it's from the PHP website):

"Be aware that the *strings in your source files must match the
encoding you specify by mb_internal_encoding*. It appears the Parser
loads raw bytes from the file and refers to its internal encoding to
determine their actual encoding.

To demonstrate, the following outputs as espected when the /source/
file is Latin-1 encoded:

<?php
mb_internal_encoding("iso-8859-1");
mb_http_output( "UTF-8" );
ob_start("mb_output_handler");

echo "üöä<br/>";

?>üöä"

"
So, HTTP output as I understand it, assumes that the output it received
is in a certain encoding (indicated by the internal encoding), and
converts it to whatever output is set by the mb_http_output function,
correct?

=== gotcha now. yes, is the answer.

I admit that my original message wasn't that clear - 'if your PHP
source is stored' should have read something like 'if the output from
your PHP function is UTF-8'. So, back to my original question, if all
of PHP output was UTF-8, could I use mb_http_output and output
buffering to deliver this to the browser as UCS-2 by the following:

mb_internal_encoding("UTF-8");
mb_http_output("UCS-2");
ob_start("mb_output_handler");

=== yes, you should be able to do that. what does you callback do?

One other thing, the term 'internal encoding' is used quite often:

"If encoding is omitted, internal character encoding is used."
(http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mb-strlen.php)

Is this simply some variable related to the mb package that indicates,
if no other encoding is specified, the encoding of the strings it
receives?

=== it means that a default encoding is assumed and is used to interpret any
string being parsed. i think you got it if i understand what you're saying
here. i just restated it to see if you feel we're on the same page.

cheers


.

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