Re: [PHP] Question: Farsi characters showing as jibberish
Hi, It probably did because I added the line, AddDefaultCharset UTF-8 to my .htaccess a few moments ago. :-) "Michiel Sikma" wrote in message news:o2p6cda1ded1004240726l272f04fbmdd2fb996e2580...@mail.gmail.com... > On 24 April 2010 16:07, Parham Doustdar wrote: > >> Hi Ashley and Michiel, >> >> It appears it is something in Apache or my server program on Windows (I >> am >> using Uniform Server; a portable webserver from >> http://www.uniformserver.com). The reason I got to such a conclusion is >> this: >> >> 1. I uploaded the pHP file to a free hosting website. Here is the URL: >> http://blindmoviebuff.uphero.com/test2.php >> >> 2. I put the same page in my www folder in Windows. Here's the address to >> that: >> http://parham-d.dyndns.org/test2.php >> >> As you can see, the page on uphero.com displays without any encoding >> changes >> required by you, whereas the second has to be manual (for some reason). > > -snip- >> >> > > Actually, both of these work fine for me. I don't have to manually set the > encoding to get the Farsi characters to show up in either of these links. > I don't know why it wouldn't work for you. Maybe you should try a > different > browser to make sure it isn't a cached setting. Adding the header() call > that Ashley suggested also seems like a good idea. > > Michiel > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Question: Farsi characters showing as jibberish
On 24 April 2010 16:07, Parham Doustdar wrote: > Hi Ashley and Michiel, > > It appears it is something in Apache or my server program on Windows (I am > using Uniform Server; a portable webserver from > http://www.uniformserver.com). The reason I got to such a conclusion is > this: > > 1. I uploaded the pHP file to a free hosting website. Here is the URL: > http://blindmoviebuff.uphero.com/test2.php > > 2. I put the same page in my www folder in Windows. Here's the address to > that: > http://parham-d.dyndns.org/test2.php > > As you can see, the page on uphero.com displays without any encoding > changes > required by you, whereas the second has to be manual (for some reason). -snip- > > Actually, both of these work fine for me. I don't have to manually set the encoding to get the Farsi characters to show up in either of these links. I don't know why it wouldn't work for you. Maybe you should try a different browser to make sure it isn't a cached setting. Adding the header() call that Ashley suggested also seems like a good idea. Michiel
Re: [PHP] Question: Farsi characters showing as jibberish
Hi again,
That did work, indeed. Now, I guess that means that Apache is outputting the
PHP as something other than UTF-8. In fact, googling, I came up with this
line of .htaccess:
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
which works perfectly!
Thank you, everyone, for yet again helping me out.
"Ashley Sheridan" wrote in message
news:1272117941.20937.164.ca...@localhost...
> On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 18:37 +0430, Parham Doustdar wrote:
>
>> Hi Ashley and Michiel,
>>
>> It appears it is something in Apache or my server program on Windows (I
>> am
>> using Uniform Server; a portable webserver from
>> http://www.uniformserver.com). The reason I got to such a conclusion is
>> this:
>>
>> 1. I uploaded the pHP file to a free hosting website. Here is the URL:
>> http://blindmoviebuff.uphero.com/test2.php
>>
>> 2. I put the same page in my www folder in Windows. Here's the address to
>> that:
>> http://parham-d.dyndns.org/test2.php
>>
>> As you can see, the page on uphero.com displays without any encoding
>> changes
>> required by you, whereas the second has to be manual (for some reason). I
>> thought seeing the UTF-8 made the browser use that encoding automatically
>> regardless of whether or not it was sent in UTF-8?
>>
>> Sorry, I have no information at all about how transmiting is handled.
>> Just
>> saying guesses aloud. :-)
>> - Original Message -----
>> From: "Ashley Sheridan"
>> Newsgroups: php.general
>> To: "Michiel Sikma"
>> Cc: "Parham Doustdar" ;
>> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 6:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: [PHP] Question: Farsi characters showing as jibberish
>>
>>
>> > On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 15:38 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 24 April 2010 14:45, Parham Doustdar wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I have created a PHP file, and wrote a string of Farsi letters in
>> >> > it.
>> >> > In
>> >> > the
>> >> > head section of the HTML, I put:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > There appears to be something wrong with Apache, or something,
>> >> > because
>> >> > no
>> >> > matter whether I put that string in an echo statement or just in an
>> >> > HTML
>> >> > with a php extention, the page loads as jibberish and I have to set
>> >> > the
>> >> > character encoding to UTF-8 manually in Firefox.
>> >> >
>> >> > Renaming that same file to .htm (when not using the echo statement),
>> >> > and
>> >> > loading it in the browser shows me the correct Farsi characters.
>> >> >
>> >> > Should I change something in Apache's settings for this to work?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > No, that should work perfectly fine. Are you sure that the PHP file
>> >> > itself
>> >> is utf-8?
>> >> Could it be that you manually set the text encoding to something else
>> >> in
>> >> your browser, causing it to remember that setting?
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps you could link us to the page itself so we can have a look.
>> >> Note
>> >> that the best place to put that tag is right after the opening
>> >>
>> >> tag, before any other header information.
>> >>
>> >> Michiel
>> >
>> >
>> > If renaming the file as .htm shows the characters correctly, then
>> > the .php file is most likely saved as utf8.
>> >
>> > Maybe Apache has been instructed to send all HTML with another
>> > encoding,
>> > as it should send it out with the same encoding as the requested PHP
>> > script.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Ash
>> > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
> Try adding this before any output to the browser:
>
> header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
>
> Which should force the server to send the output in this specific
> format.
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>
>
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Re: [PHP] Question: Farsi characters showing as jibberish
On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 18:37 +0430, Parham Doustdar wrote:
> Hi Ashley and Michiel,
>
> It appears it is something in Apache or my server program on Windows (I am
> using Uniform Server; a portable webserver from
> http://www.uniformserver.com). The reason I got to such a conclusion is
> this:
>
> 1. I uploaded the pHP file to a free hosting website. Here is the URL:
> http://blindmoviebuff.uphero.com/test2.php
>
> 2. I put the same page in my www folder in Windows. Here's the address to
> that:
> http://parham-d.dyndns.org/test2.php
>
> As you can see, the page on uphero.com displays without any encoding changes
> required by you, whereas the second has to be manual (for some reason). I
> thought seeing the UTF-8 made the browser use that encoding automatically
> regardless of whether or not it was sent in UTF-8?
>
> Sorry, I have no information at all about how transmiting is handled. Just
> saying guesses aloud. :-)
> - Original Message -
> From: "Ashley Sheridan"
> Newsgroups: php.general
> To: "Michiel Sikma"
> Cc: "Parham Doustdar" ;
> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 6:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Question: Farsi characters showing as jibberish
>
>
> > On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 15:38 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote:
> >
> >> On 24 April 2010 14:45, Parham Doustdar wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I have created a PHP file, and wrote a string of Farsi letters in it.
> >> > In
> >> > the
> >> > head section of the HTML, I put:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > There appears to be something wrong with Apache, or something, because
> >> > no
> >> > matter whether I put that string in an echo statement or just in an
> >> > HTML
> >> > with a php extention, the page loads as jibberish and I have to set the
> >> > character encoding to UTF-8 manually in Firefox.
> >> >
> >> > Renaming that same file to .htm (when not using the echo statement),
> >> > and
> >> > loading it in the browser shows me the correct Farsi characters.
> >> >
> >> > Should I change something in Apache's settings for this to work?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > No, that should work perfectly fine. Are you sure that the PHP file
> >> > itself
> >> is utf-8?
> >> Could it be that you manually set the text encoding to something else in
> >> your browser, causing it to remember that setting?
> >>
> >> Perhaps you could link us to the page itself so we can have a look. Note
> >> that the best place to put that tag is right after the opening
> >>
> >> tag, before any other header information.
> >>
> >> Michiel
> >
> >
> > If renaming the file as .htm shows the characters correctly, then
> > the .php file is most likely saved as utf8.
> >
> > Maybe Apache has been instructed to send all HTML with another encoding,
> > as it should send it out with the same encoding as the requested PHP
> > script.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ash
> > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
Try adding this before any output to the browser:
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
Which should force the server to send the output in this specific
format.
Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] Question: Farsi characters showing as jibberish
Hi Ashley and Michiel, It appears it is something in Apache or my server program on Windows (I am using Uniform Server; a portable webserver from http://www.uniformserver.com). The reason I got to such a conclusion is this: 1. I uploaded the pHP file to a free hosting website. Here is the URL: http://blindmoviebuff.uphero.com/test2.php 2. I put the same page in my www folder in Windows. Here's the address to that: http://parham-d.dyndns.org/test2.php As you can see, the page on uphero.com displays without any encoding changes required by you, whereas the second has to be manual (for some reason). I thought seeing the UTF-8 made the browser use that encoding automatically regardless of whether or not it was sent in UTF-8? Sorry, I have no information at all about how transmiting is handled. Just saying guesses aloud. :-) - Original Message - From: "Ashley Sheridan" Newsgroups: php.general To: "Michiel Sikma" Cc: "Parham Doustdar" ; Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Question: Farsi characters showing as jibberish > On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 15:38 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: > >> On 24 April 2010 14:45, Parham Doustdar wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > I have created a PHP file, and wrote a string of Farsi letters in it. >> > In >> > the >> > head section of the HTML, I put: >> > >> > >> > >> > There appears to be something wrong with Apache, or something, because >> > no >> > matter whether I put that string in an echo statement or just in an >> > HTML >> > with a php extention, the page loads as jibberish and I have to set the >> > character encoding to UTF-8 manually in Firefox. >> > >> > Renaming that same file to .htm (when not using the echo statement), >> > and >> > loading it in the browser shows me the correct Farsi characters. >> > >> > Should I change something in Apache's settings for this to work? >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > >> > No, that should work perfectly fine. Are you sure that the PHP file >> > itself >> is utf-8? >> Could it be that you manually set the text encoding to something else in >> your browser, causing it to remember that setting? >> >> Perhaps you could link us to the page itself so we can have a look. Note >> that the best place to put that tag is right after the opening >> >> tag, before any other header information. >> >> Michiel > > > If renaming the file as .htm shows the characters correctly, then > the .php file is most likely saved as utf8. > > Maybe Apache has been instructed to send all HTML with another encoding, > as it should send it out with the same encoding as the requested PHP > script. > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Question: Farsi characters showing as jibberish
On Sat, 2010-04-24 at 15:38 +0200, Michiel Sikma wrote: > On 24 April 2010 14:45, Parham Doustdar wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have created a PHP file, and wrote a string of Farsi letters in it. In > > the > > head section of the HTML, I put: > > > > > > > > There appears to be something wrong with Apache, or something, because no > > matter whether I put that string in an echo statement or just in an HTML > > with a php extention, the page loads as jibberish and I have to set the > > character encoding to UTF-8 manually in Firefox. > > > > Renaming that same file to .htm (when not using the echo statement), and > > loading it in the browser shows me the correct Farsi characters. > > > > Should I change something in Apache's settings for this to work? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > No, that should work perfectly fine. Are you sure that the PHP file itself > is utf-8? > Could it be that you manually set the text encoding to something else in > your browser, causing it to remember that setting? > > Perhaps you could link us to the page itself so we can have a look. Note > that the best place to put that tag is right after the opening > tag, before any other header information. > > Michiel If renaming the file as .htm shows the characters correctly, then the .php file is most likely saved as utf8. Maybe Apache has been instructed to send all HTML with another encoding, as it should send it out with the same encoding as the requested PHP script. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
Re: [PHP] Question: Farsi characters showing as jibberish
On 24 April 2010 14:45, Parham Doustdar wrote: > Hi, > > I have created a PHP file, and wrote a string of Farsi letters in it. In > the > head section of the HTML, I put: > > > > There appears to be something wrong with Apache, or something, because no > matter whether I put that string in an echo statement or just in an HTML > with a php extention, the page loads as jibberish and I have to set the > character encoding to UTF-8 manually in Firefox. > > Renaming that same file to .htm (when not using the echo statement), and > loading it in the browser shows me the correct Farsi characters. > > Should I change something in Apache's settings for this to work? > > Thanks! > > > No, that should work perfectly fine. Are you sure that the PHP file itself is utf-8? Could it be that you manually set the text encoding to something else in your browser, causing it to remember that setting? Perhaps you could link us to the page itself so we can have a look. Note that the best place to put that tag is right after the opening tag, before any other header information. Michiel
