Req #75922 [NEW]: default_charset cannot be disabled in Content-Type

From: bugs at jth dot net Operating system: Linux PHP version: 7.1.14 Package: PHP options/info functions Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:default_charset cannot be disabled in Content-Type Description: ------------ default_charset in php7 is now a mess being used in two different contexts. It should be two different options: one for internal encoding and one for enabling/disabling being output in the Content-Type: header. The Content-Type: header is overriding the meta tag in the document, which different users are creating in different charsets using the meta tag. php is often used for simple functions not involving or regardless of the charset e.g. database functions. It is a nuisance and prone to error having the users to specify the charset both as an unnecessary header() call and as a meta tag. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75922&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75922&r=mysqlcfg