Foriegn Languages Input?

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Hi,
    I was wondering if this guestbook would support non-English languages.  I am able to cut and paste Chinese into the text fields, but, whenever I try to type in there, the Chinese turn into some random codes. BUT, they will show up fine once it's submitted.  Is there a way to fix this??

thanks in advance,

Al

[Ronald Wernecke]

Hi,
you have to decode the strings before you enter them into the text file.
After you read them, you have to encode them again bfore you send them to flash.

Use utf8_decode/utf8_encode function in you php script

[a]

Hi,
you have to decode the strings before you enter them into the text file.
After you read them, you have to encode them again bfore you send them to flash.

Use utf8_decode/utf8_encode function in you php script

Ronald,
     thanks for the reply. I think I've ran into that quote during my search, however, being a php retard and all, I have no idea what to do with the code. Can you please be a little more specific??

Al

[a]

actually, Ronald

     The problem is not sending or receiving the chinese characters, but is when typing them.  Is the problem still with the way i string?

Al

[Ronald Wernecke]

Hi,
if you look around this board, especialy this section, you'll find lots of articles about it.

Flash automaticly encodes the strings with utf8. Before you insert them, you do
utf8_decode(variable).

After most php installations have globals off, you have to retch them anyway.

So it makes sense to write something like this:

$textfield1=utf8_decode($_POST["textfield1"]);
...
until you have all your fields fetched.

Before you send info to flash, you have to encode it.

so at the end of the procedure you write:

echo utf8_encode($returnstring);

[a]

Ronald,
    here is what I've changed to my php file:

Code:

$Submit = utf8_decode($_POST["Submit"]);
$Name = utf8_decode($_POST["Name"]);
$Email = $_POST["Email"];
$Website = $_POST["Website"];
$Comments = utf8_decode($_POST["Comments"]);
$NumLow    = $_REQUEST["NumLow"];
$NumHigh    = $_REQUEST["NumHigh"];

does that look about right?

Umm...where should I insert this code:

Code:

echo utf8_encode($returnstring);

sorry, I did a search, but didn't quite understand what people were talking about...

Al

[Ronald Wernecke]

instead of echoing each line, collect them into one string and send this back at once.
You can utf8_encode every line. But it looks more clean, if you do it on one space