[PHPwestoz] Stràngê chàràctëres §§§

[Simon Marko]

Nicolas Connault wrote:

> Hi again!
>
> I'm working on an I18n solution for my auction project, 
> French-English. However, French is full of funny chàrâctërs which get 
> into the database fine, but get output as basic characters when 
> retrieved by PHP . . . (like ch?r?ct?rs).
>
> I've searched around a bit trying to find a solution, read some stuff 
> about unicode and utf-8, but nothing really encouraging when it came 
> to PHP. Anyone has some experience in that area?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nicolas
>
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Hi Nicolas,
You don't mention which database you're using, but I know with Oracle 
it's best to design the database instance from the ground up to support 
NLS (National Language Set(s)). PostgreSQL seems to be the same - 
there's several levels at which you can enable and use Unicode, session, 
environment or db-wide.
--SimonM