Posted by Kenneth Andresen on 12/23/05 05:16

Hello,

why not simply convert the text to html

mb_convert_encoding($string, 'html', 'utf-8');


Best regards,
Kenneth


jonathan wrote:

> I'm inserting some info into a mysql table which has the charset set
> to utf-8.
>
> When I do a select via the command-line from mysql, it looks like this:
> Clams and mussels with Dijon-crème fraîche-saffron sauce
>
> assuming this is coming out in your email client ok, it should look
> good.
>
> On a web page, I set the charset to utf-8 via:
> header("Content-type: text/html; encoding: UTF-8");
> as the top-line
>
> I then do a select for this field and it outputs like this in the
> browser:
> Clams and mussels with Dijon-crème fraîche-saffron sauce
>
> I'm familiar with html encoding. As this is going to go to XML, I
> wanted to see if I could keep it in the native format. Am I doing
> something wrong on the web side why I won't display this correctly?
> Is there some Apache config I need to be aware of?
>
> thanks,
>
> jonathan

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