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Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string [message #180483 is a reply to message #180482]

Thu, 21 February 2013 18:39

Giacomo M
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Il 21/02/2013 16:58, The Natural Philosopher ha scritto:
> "Please note that utf8_decode simply converts a string encoded in UTF-8
> to ISO-8859-1. A more appropriate name for it would be utf8_to_iso88591.
> If your text is already encoded in ISO-8859-1, you do not need this
> function. If you don't want to use ISO-8859-1, you do not need this
> function.
>
> Note that UTF-8 can represent many more characters than ISO-8859-1.
> Trying to convert a UTF-8 string that contains characters that can't be
> represented in ISO-8859-1 to ISO-8859-1 will garble your text and/or
> cause characters to go missing. Trying to convert text that is not
> encoded in UTF-8 using this function will most likely garble the text."

Not my case. I first encode an ISO string in UTF, after i decode the
same string. Why I get differet strings?

Thanks.

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		utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string By: Giacomo M on Thu, 21 February 2013 13:44
		Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string By: The Natural Philosoph on Thu, 21 February 2013 15:18
		Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string By: The Natural Philosoph on Thu, 21 February 2013 15:58
		Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string By: Giacomo M on Thu, 21 February 2013 18:39
		Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string By: Tim Streater on Thu, 21 February 2013 19:08
		Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string By: Giacomo M on Thu, 21 February 2013 19:13
		Re: utf8_encode(utf8_decode(string)) doesn't return same string By: Tim Streater on Thu, 21 February 2013 22:29

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