I guess I didn't explain what I wanted clearly enough. I do know the difference between the client and the server. I will fix the encoding issue, it makes the most sense. Thanks!
On Sep 21, 4:11 pm, Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > It's definitely sound slike it'd be easier to fix the encoding issues > with the XML code rather than look for a different data format to send > your data to the browser. > > Start by ensureing your database table is configured to use the > correct character set for your data - get this right before populating > the table with your data though to avoid > problems.http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/charset-charsets.html > > There's not many characters that are treated as special in XML, see > here for details of the characters that XML does consider > special:http://xml.silmaril.ie/authors/specials/ > > Then there's a bunch of PHP string replace type functions where you > can replace the special characters in your data with encoded versions > of the same character:http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php > > Martin. > > On 21 Sep, 18:27, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I just want to get the data in MySQL and then > > > put it in an array or something. > > > Okay, that's fairly standard php+MySQL practice. If you're having > > trouble with that, go see some php+MySQL tutorials and guides. > > > So you've got your data at the server in php variables of your > > choice... that's absolutely no use to you in creating a map at the > > client browser. > > Somehow, you have to transfer the data to the client-side browser - > > embedded in an HTML page, or as a file or feed in some format (text/ > > JSON/XML/secret code) that the client can access > > > I may well be misunderstanding your question, but I have a feeling you > > may not have quite grasped the distinctions between server and client > > code, and the interactions between them. > > > If you've got something already working with XML, barring an encoding > > issue, why not just fix the encoding issue? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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/google-maps-api?hl=en.
