#45657 [Bgs]: header() problem with special chars: æ, ø and å

ID: 45657 User updated by: jakob at skatetown dot dk Reported By: jakob at skatetown dot dk Status: Bogus Bug Type: HTTP related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 4.4.8 New Comment: This is NOT a support question! It's a bug...! No servers can handle it. It's not "wrong setup". Its the function it's wrong with.. :S No i've had to make a HTML redirect, and that's not optimal! Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-07-29 20:05:56] derick@php.net Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Due to the volume of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not a bug. The support channels will be able to provide an explanation for you. Thank you for your interest in PHP. You have to use the IDN version of the domain name: http://mct.verisign-grs.com/conversiontool/convertServlet?input=www.uddannelsesstätte.dk&type=UTF8 (pick the punycode one). Firefox properly re-codes that to http://www.uddannelsesstätte.dk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-07-29 19:28:25] jakob at skatetown dot dk This is pretty urgent, cause Denmark has just released domain names with æ, ø and å. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-07-29 19:27:16] jakob at skatetown dot dk Description: ------------ The header function dont work with international characters lik: æ, ø and å. It replace them with %f8 and stuff like that. ex: header("Location: http://www.uddannelsesstøtte.dk"); http://www.uddannelsesstøtte.dk is a danish site, that helps students finding money. Reproduce code: --------------- header("Location: http://www.uddannelsesstøtte.dk"); Expected result: ---------------- Redirected to the site "http://www.uddannelsesstøtte.dk" Actual result: -------------- Broser output: Couldn't find http://www.uddannelsesst%f8tte.dk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45657&edit=1