How do I use Unicode with PHP?
I want to store Unicode value in a PHP variable but it output some question marks.
What is the solution?
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1It might be as simple as your browser not displaying the Unicode characters correctly because you have not set utf-8 as the encoding.mfloryan– mfloryan2010-02-09 16:41:42 +00:00Commented Feb 9, 2010 at 16:41
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Unicode is just a standard (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode). What exactly do you mean by Unicode?Gumbo– Gumbo2010-02-09 16:41:47 +00:00Commented Feb 9, 2010 at 16:41
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10@Saiful: Accept some questions first.kennytm– kennytm2010-02-09 16:42:45 +00:00Commented Feb 9, 2010 at 16:42
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5It is not required to accept answers before asking new questions. But if some of your answers had been satisfactorily answered, please accept the respective answer.Gumbo– Gumbo2010-02-09 16:52:09 +00:00Commented Feb 9, 2010 at 16:52
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In php.ini:
default_charset = "UTF-8" mbstring.internal_encoding = "UTF-8" ; overload(replace) single byte functions by mbstring functions. ; mail(), ereg(), etc are overloaded by mb_send_mail(), mb_ereg(), ; etc. Possible values are 0,1,2,4 or combination of them. ; For example, 7 for overload everything. ; 0: No overload ; 1: Overload mail() function ; 2: Overload str*() functions ; 4: Overload ereg*() functions mbstring.func_overload = 4
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make sure your output encoding is utf8
header('Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
PS accept some answers.
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This is something you're going to have to read up on to do correctly, but here are two links you should start with: Character Sets / Character Encoding Issues Handling UTF-8 with PHP
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Casebash
Thanks, those are very good links! The issue is much more complicated than just setting the header