charset / encoding issues (utf-8 � iso-8859-2)

[SecondShoe +]

Try adding

PHP Code:

header ('Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8'); 


in the corresponding PHP files. For example:
printer.php
private.php
terms.php
modules.php
viewimage.php

Also open external.php and find iso-8859-1, replace with utf-8.
To be sure convert those files encodind to UTF-8 using some text editor.

[hel68c +]

I found the problem.

All my page are edit with Dreamweaver. I change the page properties in Modify menu and change document encoding for unicode (UTF-8), Save and everything appear ok online. I change back all the code in french.php (â for � etc..)

Thanks for your help

[darek +]

hel68c, I am not sure what program you use to write your french.php file but you should know that probably any txt file (like php) already have chairset, when you open a php file in dreamweaver and create a new file you creat a file with a chaiset, you set it with Edit/Preferences, it doesn't matter if the file has, or don't have

PHP Code:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-2" /> 


, it still has encoding,
when you open any txt, php file with dreamweaver you have top part for code and bottom part for display, when you right click the display part at the bottom you have Page Properties, then in Page Properties you have Title/Encoding feature - this should be changed to UTF-8 in any file that uses national charcters - in any template.tpl, any php file that uses national charcters including your french.php

and don't forget this

PHP Code:

// english.php
ini_set('default_charset', 'UTF-8');
// Set the PHP locale to English
//setlocale(LC_ALL, 'pl_PL.UTF-8');
//setlocale(LC_ALL, 'de_DE@euro', 'de_DE', 'de', 'ge');
setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_US.UTF-8'); 


PHP Code:

polski.php
ini_set('default_charset', 'UTF-8');
// Set the PHP locale to English
//setlocale(LC_ALL, 'pl_PL.UTF-8');
//setlocale(LC_ALL, 'de_DE@euro', 'de_DE', 'de', 'ge');
setlocale(LC_TIME, 'pl_PL.UTF-8'); 


the above are mine settings for english.php and polski.php (I have language change on my page) othewise polish characters didn't display in viewlisting.php - some of my clients my use polish, but, by having

PHP Code:

setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_US.UTF-8'); // for english
setlocale(LC_TIME, 'pl_PL.UTF-8'); // for polish 


I have time translation for both langages

[hel68c +]

Thank you Darek for this help.

[darek +]

let us know if this was the problem
the code I wrote works for me

you may still issue some problems and you may need to dig the code to remove some UTF-8 calls (I had to do it for pages I think or something) but generally all works fine for me, and my langage is not any better than yours - lots of problems

[hel68c +]

I only changed my properties in Dream Weaver and everything display correctly. Except the Extra fields in Vewlistings2.tpl. So I changed

PHP Code:

this line 
$objValue = htmlentities($objValue, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
For This
$objValue = htmlspecialchars($objValue, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); 


Now all the French's characters display correctly.

Thanks Again

[seymourjames +]

So in conclusion you kept everything as standard UTF-8 everywhere but made sure dreamweaver was set to UTF-8 as well. The only small problem you had was to make that change for extra fields.

If that is the case, very well done. I will have to do that with my French site.

[darek +]

and all solved!
yes UTF-8 works perfect, but those little pieces of code need to be changed too

and all will work nice as long as you remember about the coding when editing pagies using special characters