Re: [PHP-DB] Placing html entities into database?

2005-02-08 Thread Viacheslav Kaloshin
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:30:19 +0100, Merlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Only one: if you plan to use more, than one character set. Say, you > > want store in one column text with greek, german, italian and chineese > > characters ;-) > > The same column should hold english and german text. Ac

Re: [PHP-DB] Placing html entities into database?

2005-02-08 Thread Merlin
> Only one: if you plan to use more, than one character set. Say, you > want store in one column text with greek, german, italian and chineese > characters ;-) The same column should hold english and german text. Acording to your reply this seems fine since there are no special characters in engli

Re: [PHP-DB] Placing html entities into database?

2005-02-08 Thread Viacheslav Kaloshin
On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 10:54:33 +0100, Merlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1 - use latest versions (4.1) of mysql and UTF-8 encoding. > > I am using 4.0.18 and the data look korrekt when retriefed out of the > database. > I did not enable any kind of encodeing. Is there a downfall in how I am doin

Re: [PHP-DB] Placing html entities into database?

2005-02-08 Thread Merlin
Viacheslav Kaloshin wrote: 2 possible solutions: 1 - use latest versions (4.1) of mysql and UTF-8 encoding. I am using 4.0.18 and the data look korrekt when retriefed out of the database. I did not enable any kind of encodeing. Is there a downfall in how I am doing it, which I just now do not noti

Re: [PHP-DB] Placing html entities into database?

2005-02-08 Thread Viacheslav Kaloshin
2 possible solutions: 1 - use latest versions (4.1) of mysql and UTF-8 encoding. 2(bad) - before storing encode all string to base64 or something like this :-) On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 10:29:20 +0100, Merlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I am wondering how to store special characters like

[PHP-DB] Placing html entities into database?

2005-02-08 Thread Merlin
Hi there, I am wondering how to store special characters like the german ö for example into a mysql db. Should the characters somehow be transforemd into html entities like ö? What are the benefits if it works without them as well? Thank you for any hint, Merlin -- PHP Database Mailing List (htt