why is iconv not working as expected?
| From: | Fil | Date: | Fri, 07 Mar 2003 15:54:20 +0000 |
| Subject: | why is iconv not working as expected? | ||
| Groups: | php.dev | ||
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Hi there,
I'm puzzled by the iconv() call from php. When I test it with cyrillic text, in the utf-8 or windows-1251 charsets, or when I try with iranian text, the following php call
<?php
echo @iconv($charset, 'ASCII//TRANSLIT', $texte))
?>
brings me only question marks "???????".
What I don't understand is that lynx parses those same texts very well, and it is (I think?) based on the same iconv() library...
What can I do to either tune my system or do the right call to iconv()? The aim is to have a nice search engine for SPIP, a GPL'd CMS, so the most portable answer will be the best ;)
(I'm not on the php-dev list, so please Cc: me.)
-- Fil