RE: [PHP] PHP4 mysqli with mysql 4.1.7?
What happens in your application if you just do: mysql_query(SET CHARACTER SET utf8, $connection) or die(mysql_error()); right after you connect to the database? Thank you, by adding mysql_query(SET CHARACTER SET utf8, $connection), it works now. However, I am still confused on some issue: 1. Is it possible to set the PHP mysql client to use utf8 as default? In this way, I do not need to modify all of my applications. 2. Why mysqli + 4.1.x is recommended? Francis Mak -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] PHP4 mysqli with mysql 4.1.7?
Francis Mak wrote: What happens in your application if you just do: mysql_query(SET CHARACTER SET utf8, $connection) or die(mysql_error()); right after you connect to the database? Thank you, by adding mysql_query(SET CHARACTER SET utf8, $connection), it works now. However, I am still confused on some issue: 1. Is it possible to set the PHP mysql client to use utf8 as default? In this way, I do not need to modify all of my applications. No idea. But you could move this query to right after the mysql_connect() line in your applicationsk, which should really be a very limited number of places. 2. Why mysqli + 4.1.x is recommended? I haven't the foggiest idea on this one. Hell, I don't even know what mysqli *IS* for that matter... I'm getting old and can't keep up with these whippersnapper PHP Developers any more :-) -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] PHP4 mysqli with mysql 4.1.7?
Hi, This message is a bit long, but I hope somebody could help me on this issue, thank you . I am using mysql 4.1.0(default-character-set=utf8) with PHP 4.3.3. All tables are using utf8 charset. I can insert, select and display the utf8 character without any problem using PHP, I used the normal mysql_query operation, NOT mysqli. Yes, msqyl_query works well in 4.1.0. Now, I upgraded to 4.1.7(default-character-set=utf8). I use mysql client and I can see all data in 4.1.7 are utf8. However, PHP shows all as ???. SHOW VARIABLES LIKE '%charset%' character_set_server utf8 character_set_system utf8 character_set_database utf8 character_set_client utf8 character_set_connection utf8 character_set_results utf8 collation_connection utf8_general_ci collation_database utf8_general_ci collation_server utf8_general_ci I struggled for a few days and finally discovered a message in mysql-lists by Marek Lewczuk(UTF-8 problem, 24/5/2004), he has the follwing in his PHP script: mysqli_query($c, SET CHARACTER SET utf8;); mysqli_query($c, SELECT * FROM db); I have never used mysqli before, and I found it is only avaliable in PHP5. I have several questions to ask: 1. Can I compile PHP4 with mysqli extention? Is there any tricks to do this? 2. Why mysql 4.1 + mysqli is recommended? But not the normal mysql extention? 3. If I upgrade to mysql 4.1.7 + PHP5, I need to rewrite all of my application to use mysqli instead of mysql? Any advise on this issue? 4. I see that we must use mysqli_query($c, SET CHARACTER SET utf8;); before any query, can I compile the mysqli extention to use utf8 as default? 5. In http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php I see a note: If you need charsets other than latin (default), you have to install external (not bundled) libmysql with compiled charset support. So, it means it is possible to use mysql_query to with utf8? 6. Any reason why I can use mysql_query with 4.1.0 without any problem? I know there are many questions, but I hope somebody could help me. And I believes there are lots of people having the same upgrade issue. if utf8 + 4.1.7 + mysqli_query is a must instead of 4.1.7 + mysql_query, I am sure that there will be lots of problem come up as most PHP applications are using mysql_query only. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! Francis Mak
Re: [PHP] PHP4 mysqli with mysql 4.1.7?
Francis Mak wrote: mysqli_query($c, SET CHARACTER SET utf8;); The naive user, who understands *NOTHING* about i18l (?) functions, character sets, or anything other than American English (and not all that up on the esoterics of grammar in that) asks: What happens in your application if you just do: mysql_query(SET CHARACTER SET utf8, $connection) or die(mysql_error()); right after you connect to the database? In an ideal world, you've told MySQL to use utf8, and that would be that. Yeah, right. Worth a try, since it will take you 5 seconds, and *might* just work You may want to repeat your question on the PHP International list, if that's still going. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
