#24218 [Opn->Fbk]: mb_convert_encoding weirdness

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 ID:               24218
 Updated by:       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By:      mark at lange dot demon dot co dot uk
-Status:           Open
+Status:           Feedback
 Bug Type:         mbstring related
 Operating System: Win32
 PHP Version:      4.3.2
 New Comment:

Please provide a complete but short example script.



Previous Comments:
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[2003-06-17 02:55:00] mark at lange dot demon dot co dot uk

Description:
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A piece of code that was working perfectly correctly with PHP version
4.2.3 is now displaying erroneous characters for PHP 4.3.2.

The script in question is a translation form, displaying two languages
which may use different charsets.
The code determines the appropriate charset to use for the html header
from the two languages. If the charsets are the same, no problem. If
they are different, it tests whther the mbstring module is enabled, in
which case it uses 'UTF-8' for the html header; otherwise it uses the
charset for the second language.

If mbstring was enabled, then the code uses the mb_convert_encoding
function to convert the text strings for display to UTF-8...


Reproduce code:
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$basecharset =  'ISO-8859-1';
$charset = 'ISO-8859-2';

$convertcharsets = ($basecharset != $charset);
if ($convertcharsets) {
   if (function_exists('mb_convert_encoding')) {
      formheader('UTF-8');
   } else {
      $convertcharsets = false;
      formheader($charset);
   }
} else {
   formheader($basecharset);
}

echo charsetText('Français',$convertcharset,$basecharset)
echo '<br />';
echo charsetText('Polska',$convertcharset,$charset)
echo '<br />';

function charsetText($text,$convertcharset,$fromcharset)
{
   $returntext = $text;
   if ($convertcharset) { $returntext =
mb_convert_encoding($returntext,"UTF-8",$fromcharset); }
   return $returntext;
} // function charsetText()


Expected result:
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Français
Polska



Actual result:
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FranÃ&sect;ais
Polska

The first odd character in FranXXais is A with a tilde; the second is
the HTML &sect; character


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