Unicode

[Maximus]

is there any way to convert a unicode text to normal text in a text box
before using it?

I have an aplication (SMS Application) that submits all the 160
character message to the database, then another script grabs it from
the DB and sends it through the route.

I'm having a problem with unicode characters, they cost double and i
need a way to convert all unicode to normal text before sending it.

[Julien CROUZET]

Re: Unicode

Maximus a couché sur son écran :[color=blue]
> is there any way to convert a unicode text to normal text in a text box
> before using it?
>
> I have an aplication (SMS Application) that submits all the 160
> character message to the database, then another script grabs it from
> the DB and sends it through the route.
>
> I'm having a problem with unicode characters, they cost double and i
> need a way to convert all unicode to normal text before sending it.[/color]

Depends on what your call "normal" text.
utf8_decode($st r) will decode an utf8 encoded string in a ISO-8859-1
string.

Regards,

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[Maximus]

Re: Unicode

what if i wanted to convert from anything to ISO-8859-1

let's say i want it converted from any type of text inserted by the user

[Julien CROUZET]

Re: Unicode

Maximus a formulé ce vendredi :[color=blue]
> what if i wanted to convert from anything to ISO-8859-1
>
> let's say i want it converted from any type of text inserted by
> the user[/color]

'Anything' is quite dangerous here, a character code is generally
in more than one encoding, isn't there any way to store the encoding
(ie: guessed from HTTP Headers) in your database ?

Have a look at http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.recode.php to convert
quite 'anything' to quite 'anything'.



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[Jasen Betts]

Re: Unicode

On 2006-02-17, Maximus <teddy.am@gmail .com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> is there any way to convert a unicode text to normal text in a text box
> before using it?[/color]

converting in the text box without using the text box?

what's a text box?
[color=blue]
> I have an aplication (SMS Application) that submits all the 160
> character message to the database, then another script grabs it from
> the DB and sends it through the route.[/color]

sounds fairly straight forward.
[color=blue]
> I'm having a problem with unicode characters, they cost double and i
> need a way to convert all unicode to normal text before sending it.[/color]

what's the difference between normal text and unicode?

Bye.
Jasen