On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 22:20 +0800, Guus Ellenkamp wrote:
> We use PHP defines for defining text in different languages. As far as I
> know PHP files are supposed to be ASCII, not UTF-8 or something like that.
> What I want to make is a conversion program that would convert a given UTF-8
> file with the format
>
> definetext1=this is a text in random UTF-8, probably arabic or similar text
> definetext2=this is another text in random UTF-8, probably arabic or similar
> text
>
> into a file with the following defines
>
> define('definetext1',chr(<t_value>).chr(<h_value>).chr(<i_value>)...<chr(<x_value>).chr(<t_value>));
> define('definetext2,chr(<t_value>).chr(<h_value>).chr(<i_value>)...<chr(<x_value>).chr(<t_value>));
>
> Not sure if I'm using the correct chr/ord function, but I hope the above is
> clear enough to make clear what I'm looking for. Basically the output file
> should be ascii and not contain any utf-8.
>
> Any advise? The html_special_chars did not seem to work for Vietnamese text
> I tried to convert, so something seems to get wrong with just reading an
> array of strings and converting the strings and putting them in defines.
>
>
>
PHP files can contain utf-8, and in-fact is the preference of most
developers I know of.
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
