Bug #69114 [Fbk->NoF]: Undocumented 5.6 BC Break: default encoding ISO-8859-1 -> UTF-8

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69114&edit=1 ID: 69114 Updated by: php-bugs@lists.php.net Reported by: maggus dot staab at googlemail dot com Summary: Undocumented 5.6 BC Break: default encoding ISO-8859-1 -> UTF-8 -Status: Feedback +Status: No Feedback Type: Bug Package: Unknown/Other Function PHP Version: 5.6.6 Assigned To: yohgaki Private report: N New Comment: No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-03-28 21:27:43] yohgaki@php.net When these iconv.internal_encoding mbstring.internal_encoding are empty, default_charset should be used. There was a bug and it was fixed. If there is another bug, please paste simple reproducible script here. proxymus, what is user "default_charset"? If it sets to ISO-8859-1, then PHP should set charset to ISO-8859-1. I'm guessing that you have empty "default_charset". If this is the case, "default_charset=ISO-8859-1" should fix your problem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-03-16 14:22:55] proxymus at spaml dot de In my case it helps to add the following to my .htaccess file <Files ~ "\.php?$"> Header set Content-Type "text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" </Files> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-03-12 12:27:58] carlos dot buenosvinos at gmail dot com Same here. You also need to update your php.ini with mbstring.internal_encoding = "ISO-8859-1". Now everything is working. However, it looks like the fallback to default_charset is not working. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-02-24 13:00:17] maggus dot staab at googlemail dot com Description: ------------ With PHP5.6 the default encoding changed from ISO-8859-1 to UTF8. This bc break is not mentioned in the list of BC changes: http://php.net/manual/en/migration56.incompatible.php The charset related docs mention that iconv.input_encoding iconv.output_encoding iconv.internal_encoding mbstring.http_input mbstring.http_output mbstring.internal_encoding is deprecated as of 5.6 and we should use default_charset instead: http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.default-charset For non-utf8 legacy app which are updated to PHP5.6 it is not clearly documented how the path is. just setting ini_set('default_charset', 'ISO-8859-1'); does not do the trick, because of the deprecated above mentioned settings still default to UTF8. It feels like non-utf8 apps can only be configured using deprecated settings like (which does not work by the way) ini_set('default_charset', 'ISO-8859-1'); iconv_set_encoding("internal_encoding", 'ISO-8859-1'); iconv_set_encoding("output_encoding", 'ISO-8859-1'); iconv_set_encoding("input_encoding", 'ISO-8859-1'); How is the correct way to migrate a non-utf8 app to 5.6? How should the settings look like to be compatible to 5.5 defaults and also be future proof (so dont rely on deprecated settings)? Such a path should be documented in the migration guide. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69114&edit=1