Javascript encoding

Question

I have a javascript file linked externally. And inside that javascript, I have this function:

function getMonthNumber(monthName){
monthName = monthName.toLowerCase();
if(monthName == 'janvier'){
    return "01";
}else if(monthName == 'février'){
    return "02";
}else if(monthName == 'mars'){
    return "03";
}else if(monthName == 'avril'){
    return "04";
}else if(monthName == 'mai'){
    return "05";
}else if(monthName == 'juin'){
    return "06";
}else if(monthName == 'juillet'){
    return "07";
}else if(monthName == 'août'){
    return "08";
}else if(monthName == 'septembre'){
    return "09";
}else if(monthName == 'octobre'){
    return "10";
}else if(monthName == 'novembre'){
    return "11";
}else if(monthName == 'décembre'){
    return "12";
}

}

But, when I read it in Firebug, I see:

function getMonthNumber(monthName){
    monthName = monthName.toLowerCase();
    if(monthName == 'janvier'){
        return "01";
    }else if(monthName == 'fÃ©vrier'){
        return "02";
    }else if(monthName == 'mars'){
        return "03";
    }else if(monthName == 'avril'){
        return "04";
    }else if(monthName == 'mai'){
        return "05";
    }else if(monthName == 'juin'){
        return "06";
    }else if(monthName == 'juillet'){
        return "07";
    }else if(monthName == 'aoÃ»t'){
        return "08";
    }else if(monthName == 'septembre'){
        return "09";
    }else if(monthName == 'octobre'){
        return "10";
    }else if(monthName == 'novembre'){
        return "11";
    }else if(monthName == 'dÃ©cembre'){
        return "12";
}
}

So that, basically all the accents were encoded.

As far as I found on the net, passing the charset to the script should fix that, but even though I tried passing charset="utf8" or charset="ISO-8859-1", none seems to work.

I'm not sure how to fix that. Any ideas?

You should also save your file as UTF-8, if you haven't already — JKirchartz
– JKirchartz, Commented Mar 2, 2012 at 21:34
First, figure out the actual character encoding of that file... — Šime Vidas
– Šime Vidas, Commented Mar 2, 2012 at 21:35
Yes, I do own the file. How can I find the character encoding of a file? — ether
– ether, Commented Mar 5, 2012 at 15:45
Ah! Got it! Basically, dreamweaver was saving the file in a the wrong charset. So I opened the file in Eclipse and saved it and now it works (and it works if I remove the charset on the script) Thanks, JKirchartz and Šime Vidas for leading me on the right path. — ether
– ether, Commented Mar 5, 2012 at 15:53

Jukka K. Korpela · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-03 06:23:22Z

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Make the server specify, in HTTP headers, the encoding with charset=utf-8 (with the hyphen in the value; utf8 is not correct). If problems remain, post a URL; it is possible that for some reason, the HTTP header is not sent as intended.

answered Mar 3, 2012 at 6:23

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ether · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-05 15:55:39Z

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As stated by JKirchartz and Šime Vidas, the answer was to make sure to save the file in the right charset. Basically, dreamweaver was not saving it the good charset, but Eclipse does. So I removed the charset attribute on the script and just saved it in the good charset and now it works.

answered Mar 5, 2012 at 15:55

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Peter Lang · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-21 16:10:45Z

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You can change your Dreamweaver preference to save files in Unicode. This will allow your special characters to appear correctly in a UTF-8 encoded document.

See Set Fonts preferences for documents in Dreamweaver.

edited Jun 21, 2012 at 16:10

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JP Richardson · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-03 07:09:01Z

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To expand on Jukka's answer, make sure that if your doctype is HTML 5, set your meta charset like so:

<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
</head>

answered Mar 3, 2012 at 7:09

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Dagg Nabbit Over a year ago

Why is this HTML5? It looks like pretty much the same thing we had before?

JP Richardson Over a year ago

@GGG: apparently it's not only HTML5. Believe it or not, I'm only familiar with HTML5 and use it exclusively. I figured it may be the same as before, but I didn't know for sure.

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