Re: Attempt at putting greedy htmlspecialchars on a diet

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 03:58:48 -0500 Eugene Lee <list-php-1@fsck.net> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 05:15:32PM +0900, - Edwin - wrote: > : > : On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 01:54:43 -0500 Eugene Lee <list-php-1@fsck.net> > wrote:: > > : > There's two issues: input and output. > : > > : > HTML character references address the problem of displaying > certain: > characters on a web browser. This is an output issue. > : > > : > When you get CJKV data, you are most likely getting it in some > : > encoding. Different Asian languages use their own encoding sets. > > : > For example, if you get Japanese text, it will be encoded in > JIS,: > Shift-JIS, EUC, or something Unicode. You *have* to > determine the: > type of data and its encoding. This is an input > issue.: > : Hmm... but the characters in question were already (at least in > the: examples used) in "something" Unicode (&#nnnnn;). So, there's > really: no need to know whether it's JIS, Shift-JIS, EUC, etc. > > The Chinese characters in question were already converted to their > HTML numeric character references. That's because someone made the > conscious and purposeful decision to provide the correct Unicode > decimal numbers for those Chinese characters. Your concern about > accepting CJKV data is vague because you don't explain the source of > the data or the encoding method of the data. I can't really tell you that since *I* wasn't the OP ;) > You must determine these critical bits of info > before you can decide how to display the data. Unless you know it's already in unicode... > There's no guarantee > that the user will send you CJKV data in nice HTML numeric character > references. Very true. > I'm not even sure exactly what you're trying to do. Again, it's not me ;) (Wrong thread!) But, I'm wondering as well, I'm not even sure exactly what the original poster is trying to do. :) - E - __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! BB is Broadband by Yahoo! http://bb.yahoo.co.jp/