[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I might give you more information if I can see the mbstring section of > your phpinfo().
Hi, Moriyoshi-san Thank you for your speedy response. This is a cut-down version of what I now have in my php.ini. As you will see, I have commented out the output_handler line. When enabled, all I got was mojibake. output_buffering = On ;output_handler = mb_output_handler default_mimetype = "text/html" default_charset = "Shift_JIS" [mbstring] ; language for internal character representation. mbstring.language = Japanese ; internal/script encoding. mbstring.internal_encoding = EUC-JP ; http input encoding. mbstring.http_input = auto ; http output encoding. mb_output_handler must be ; registered as output buffer to function mbstring.http_output = SJIS mbstring.encoding_translation = Off ; automatic encoding detection order. ; auto means mbstring.detect_order = auto ; substitute_character used when character cannot be converted ; one from another mbstring.substitute_character = none; ; overload(replace) single byte functions by mbstring functions. ;mbstring.func_overload = 0 > As far as I looked at your description, I suspect that the pages are > written in Shift_JIS charset instead of EUC-JP. In case > mbstring.internal_encoding is set to EUC-JP and mbstring.http_output > is set to Shift_JIS, you should write your pages in EUC-JP, as > mbstring output handler will automatically convert the pages to > Shift_JIS version. This is the bit I don't understand. To the best of my knowledge, Windows PCs create Japanese only in Shift_JIS. So how can I write pages in EUC-JP? Or if I can't, what is the correct set-up? Since most PCs in Japan also work in Shift_JIS, this must be a common configuration, which is why I'm so confused. > Note that if the page contains a meta tag like below that specifies > in which charset the page is written, you have to make it the same as > mbstring.http_output, not as mbstring.internal_encoding, > since it won't automatically be adjusted by mb_output_handler. > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=****"> My meta tag specifies charset="Shift_JIS", the same as my mbstring.http_output. With mb_output_handler enabled, it produces mojibake. With mb_output_handler disabled, everything is OK. >> Is there anywhere that explains the use of mbstring in clear terms - >> preferably in English, but I don't mind reading it in Japanese if >> there's better material there? > > As one of those involved in the manual, I admit the lack of > explanation and the obscurity of words over mbstring functionalities. > If you find any misleading or unnatural sentences, please let us know > so that we'd fix them quickly. I think the real problem is the lack of basic explanation about how to set up Japanese functionality. I will look at the PDF files you mention, and hope they will lift some of the mystery. I see they are based on PHP 4.2.2 and PostgreSQL. Are there any major differences between 4.2.2 and 4.3.0 as far as Japanese is concerned? Also, is Postgres a better database solution than MySQL for supporting Japanese? David Powers -- PHP Internationalization Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
