sdozono: The following head tag was taken from docomo.jp: <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; lang="ja" xml:lang="ja"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
The following head tag was taken from softbank.jp <html lang="ja" xml:lang="ja" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=Shift_JIS" /> Maybe I have to set the language in the HTML tags as well. Might try it tomorrow and see what happens. On Oct 6, 10:57 pm, exo_duz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sdozono: > > That's interesting. I have created several websites in Japanese but I > always use UTF-8 and it comes out all right. > > I just have to make sure that the <head> tags contain: > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="JA" /> > > I had trouble before with garbage characteds in UTF-8 if I don't set > the Content-Language tags. But after I set the Content-Language tag > everythiing seems to work fine. > > I will try using SHIFT_JIS tomorrow and see what happens. > > Thanks everyone for your help. > > On Oct 6, 9:39 pm, sdozono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hello from Japan. > > I tested this case at my Japanese environment. > > > I saved your text in a text file with Shift-JIS format. (Japanese > > Windows common charset) > > After I opened the file in "UTF-8" charset, I got the same kind a > > garbage character. > > > Hope that helps. > > > *Original and saved in Shift-JIS format.* > > オーストラリア大使館のカルチャーセンター - ようこそ > > > *Opened the file in UTF-8* > > I[XgAgق̃J`[Z^[ - 悤 > > > *Opened the file in UTF-7* > > ƒI [ƒXƒgƒ‰ƒŠƒA‘åŽgŠÙ‚̃Jƒ‹ƒ`ƒƒ [ƒZƒ“ƒ^ [ - ‚悤‚±‚» > > > *Opened the file in EUC* > > オーストラリア代.g茅"磨Jルチャーセンター - ゅ€・・ > > > Shun Dozono @ cakephp.jp > > > exo_duz のメッセージ: > > > > In the title string the front bit before "-" is from po file and the > > > end bit which is the problematic area is the one from $this- > > > >pageTitle: > > > > <title> ` ȥ ꥢ ʹ ^ Υ e ` ` - </title> > > > > This is the broken characters " ", it is supposed to say 褦 . > > > > Somehow from all these problems I figure that CakePHP hasn't got > > > Internationalization quite figured out yet IMO. > > > > On Oct 6, 8:24 pm, exo_duz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yeah to my knowledge it shouldn't make a diff but this issue is really > > > > baffling me. > > > > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" / > > > > > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="JA" /> > > > > > <meta name='description' content="Welcome to the Australian > > > > Government in Japan's web site dedicated to Australian arts in Japan > > > > and Australia-Japan artistic collaboration. Whether you are an artist > > > > or fan, you will find plenty of information about upcoming events in > > > > Japan, e-newsletters and useful links." /> > > > > <meta name='keywords' content='Arts, Culture, Australia, Australia > > > > Web, Australian, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, Adelaide, > > > > Hobart, Darwin, Canberra' /> > > > > <meta name='author' content='Robin Roy Julius' /> > > > > <meta name='copyright' content='Australian Embassy Tokyo' /> > > > > > <title> ` ȥ ꥢ ʹ ^ Υ e ` ` - </title> > > > > > That is the HTML source from Firefox 3. > > > > > This issue is really baffling me as to why it is happening. I have > > > > tested it out on Firefox, IE, Chrome and Safari on Windows and Firefox > > > > and Safari on OSX and it is still happening. > > > > > On Oct 6, 7:41 pm, "David C. Zentgraf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On 6 Oct 2008, at 17:47, grigri wrote: > > > > > > > Make sure that your charset meta-tag is BEFORE the title tag. In an > > > > > > older version of cake, the default layout had the reverse (title > > > > > > first) which meant that it wasn't parsed as UTF-8. > > > > > > This shouldn't be the case. > > > > > An HTML document is not evaluated by the browser line-by-line in the > > > > > same way PHP is. At least no modern browser should do that (do I need > > > > > to look in your direction IE?). A quick test on OS X Safari confirms > > > > > that it makes no difference where the UTF8 tag is, only that it needs > > > > > to be somewhere in the header. > > > > > > If it does make a difference in other browsers, please let me know > > > > > (honest request). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
