Re: [PHP-DB] Re: writing foreign language chars from php5 to db (mysql4)

[Ben Sytko]

Louie,

Try reading through this guide on Unicode. Its going to take a lot more 
than what your doing to get it to work correctly.


http://www.phpwact.org/php/i18n/charsets?s=utf8

-Ben

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[PHP-DB] Re: writing foreign language chars from php5 to db (mysql4)

[Louie Miranda]

Help!

On 8/15/05, Louie Miranda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Does anybody knows how to insert a foreign lang. char into php5 to mysql4?
> 
> languages, ex:
> - japanese (jis)
> - german (de)
> 
> I now know, how to display it properly on a website using meta tags.
> 
> ex:
> 
> 
> And catching it over a php5 form.
> 
> But, when i insert it to a db. Everything's messed up.
> 
> // code
> $languagechar = $_GET["languagechar"];
> 
> $insert = "
> INSERT INTO languages
> (`char`)
> values
> ('$languagechar')
> ";
> 
> 
> $add_member = $dbData->query($insert);
> 
> if (DB::isError($add_member)) {
> die($add_member->getMessage());
> }
> // code
> 
> Do i need to convert it to something? Im testing it my phpmyadmin, and 
> phpmyadmin can insert it with the correct values and characters. How come on 
> my code it does not.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Louie Miranda
> http://www.axishift.com -- under development
> 



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