Ricardo Junior wrote: > Hi people ! > > I have a query regarding double-byte languages on PHP. > I need to sort a index localized from English to Korean. > > My idea is: > * get the Korean strings from file; > * convert them to UTF8; > * insert them in a Oracle database set to work with UTF8; > * set "NLS_LANG" with "Alter session" SQL command to this variable > match with Korean language; > * get the strings sorted by Oracle with a "SELECT * FROM table SORT BY > field ASC" SQL command; > > I've tried to convert the Korean string to UTF8 with utf8_encode function, > but this function converted each byte from double-byte string to its > relative in UTF8 chars. > Reverting this string encoded to UTF8 with utf8_decode function, the browser > can display successfully the Korean chars (because the individual bytes of > the double-byte string will be as them were before), but Oracle can't sort > the strings properly because that UTF8 chars converted by utf8_encode > function were not relative to a double-byte char, but relative to a 2 single > bytes chars! > > How can I convert a double-byte string to UTF8 properly??? > > > Really thanks !!!!
UTF-8 works but EUC-KR may be better. Anyway, take a look at mbstring, iconv, gettext modules. -- Yasuo Ohgaki -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
