#36138 [NEW]: utf8_decode fails ; UTF-8 headers work

From: ceo at l-i-e dot com Operating system: FreeBSD 5.3 PHP version: 4.4.2 PHP Bug Type: *Languages/Translation Bug description: utf8_decode fails ; UTF-8 headers work Description: ------------ I'm not an expert in multi-lingual character encoding sets stuff, but... This version uses PHP's utf8_decode, and I get funky useless characters: http://acousticdemo.com/info.com/answers/answers.php?qkw=Catherine+de+Medici&utf8_decode=1 This version sends a charset UTF-8 header (Mozilla based) and a META charset UTF-8 (MS IE) and it "works": http://acousticdemo.com/info.com/answers/answers.php?qkw=Catherine+de+Medici This was actually in 4.4.0 and also in 5.0.4, so it MIGHT be fixed in CVS -- but I have no control over the versions of PHP on the servers involved, and am unlikely to have such control in the future... Best I can do, sorry. Reproduce code: --------------- http://acousticdemo.com/info.com/answers/answers.phps You will not, however, be able to run the code on your own box, because your IP isn't allowed to get that content... I can maybe hook you up with Answers.com, or I can do whatever it takes to get you the raw data for this one page, or... Expected result: ---------------- I expected PHP's UTF8 decoding function to work as well as the browser's. Actual result: -------------- I get a lot of funky characters that just aren't right. I can't guarantee that it's not the data that is bad, but the browser is handling it, so... -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36138&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36138&r=mysqlcfg