Re: [PHP] Re: languages and PHP


On Sep 27, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Per Jessen wrote:

Edward Vermillion wrote:

But what happens if you get data that's *not* UTF-8? Just because
your html/form is set to UTF-8 doesn't mean that all your incoming
data will be UTF-8.

Yes it does. If your HTML page was sent in UTF-8, any request
originating from that page will also be in UTF8.



.... and you can guarantee that any data coming into your site comes from your form?!? WOW!!!

;)

So back to my original question, what breaks if you're *expecting* UTF-8 and you don't *get* UTF-8?

Ed
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