Req #3799 [Sus->Wfx]: default_charset brings small incompatibility

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=3799&edit=1 ID: 3799 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: k at les dot cz Summary: default_charset brings small incompatibility -Status: Suspended +Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues PHP Version: 4.0 Latest CVS (10/03/2000) -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Indeed, Andrey. Furthermore the docs[1] rightly state: | Setting default_charset to an empty value is not recommended. [1] <http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.default-charset> Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2014-03-07 12:20:26] narf at devilix dot net And now PHP 5.6 switches the default to 'UTF-8' - it was about time to encourage usage of that charset. Either way this should be closed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-09-29 17:48:54] cmbecker69 at gmx dot de According to the manual[1] default_charset already defaults to '', what has the desired effect. A test conformed that even for the windows binary of PHP-4.3.11. It seems to me, the request should be finally closed. [1] <http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.default-charset> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2000-08-02 12:15:29] joey@php.net I can almost promise this is never going to happen. The default_charset was created to make the "default install" of php [more] secure against the "cross site scripting" bug. For more info, please see the CERT Advisory: http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-02.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2000-08-01 17:34:11] waldschrott@php.net If that´s true, it´ll really make sense.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2000-08-01 17:28:12] k at les dot cz the problem is that if you're installing a new software you don't suppose it's preconfigured for a special charset. of course, even if you're a newbie, you'll get it after some investigation :) the point of this request is - if default_charset were set to "none" by default, if would work for everyone by default. if it's set to anything else, it works "only" for iso-latin1 users. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=3799 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=3799&edit=1