RE: [PHP] strange character

Sorry for the miss understanding. I understand know what you're trying to do. Here is the web site im getting error while trying to download rss feed from it. http://www.sahafah.net/rss.php > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter West [mailto:peter.b.west@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Peter > West > Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 5:26 AM > To: hadi; PHP General > Subject: Re: [PHP] strange character > > Here are the contents of test.txt > iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii > > > Obviously, this is not the data you are receiving from the internet. > > As you say, you do not understand. > > What http:// address are you accessing when you get the error? > > Peter West > "...and behold, something greater than Jonah is here." > > > On 27 Feb 2015, at 1:46 am, hadi <almarzuki2011@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Here its. I'm attaching it. > > But I'm not understanding how this can solve my problem.. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Peter West [mailto:lists@pbw.id.au] > >> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 4:28 PM > >> To: hadi > >> Subject: Re: [PHP] strange character > >> > >> Hi Hadi, > >> > >> Can you send me the original test.txt as well, please. > >> > >> Peter West > >> "...and behold, something greater than Jonah is here." > >> > >>> On 26 Feb 2015, at 8:35 pm, hadi <almarzuki2011@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I did this the second time im sending the attach file. > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: hadi [mailto:almarzuki2011@hotmail.com] > >>> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 9:59 AM > >>> To: 'Peter West' > >>> Cc: 'PHP General' > >>> Subject: RE: [PHP] strange character > >>> > >>> Here is the attach file. > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Peter West [mailto:lists@pbw.id.au] > >>>> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 1:07 AM > >>>> To: hadi > >>>> Cc: PHP General > >>>> Subject: Re: [PHP] strange character > >>>> > >>>> That doesn't make sense to me. Send me the test file. > >>>> > >>>> Peter West > >>>> "...and behold, something greater than Jonah is here." > >>>> > >>>>> On 26 Feb 2015, at 1:49 am, hadi <almarzuki2011@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> I did what you asked and here is the result. > >>>>> Frist cmp, cmp test.txt test.utf8 give nothing output. > >>>>> Second cmp, cmp test.txt test.1256 getting this result cmp: EOF on > >> test.txt. > >>>>> But im not understanding how this related to my php error what im > >> getting. > >>>>> > >>>>> And thanks peter for standing with me in my issue. > >>>>> What im trying to achieve here to remove the strange character by > >>>>> translating utf-8 to CP1256, but unfortunately getting error from > >>>>> php > >>>>> (Notice: iconv(): Detected an illegal character in input string in > >>>>> ) > >>>>> > >>>>> I did test on the strange character and its working prefect, but > >>>>> when it's > >>>> come to downloading rss feed, it give error. > >>>>> > >>>>> <?php > >>>>> > >>>>> $str = '(–)'; > >>>>> > >>>>> echo iconv("UTF-8", 'CP1256//TRANSLIT', $str); ?> > >>>>> > >>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>> From: Peter West [mailto:lists@pbw.id.au] > >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 3:49 PM > >>>>>> To: hadi > >>>>>> Cc: PHP General > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [PHP] strange character > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If the file is really us-ascii, then there are no characters in > >>>>>> that file with the 8th bit set, and you can do this: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> iconv -f ASCII -t UTF8 test.txt >test.utf8 iconv -f ASCII -t > >>>>>> CP1256 test.txt > >>>>>>> test.1256 cmp test.txt test.utf8 > >>>>>> (should be no messages about differences.) cmp test.txt test.1256 > >>>>>> (should be no messages about differences.) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> If that all works, then the test text you have is not the same as > >>>>>> the text you have the problem with. If you have any problems > >>>>>> with this sequence, tell us what they are. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Peter West > >>>>>> "...and behold, something greater than Jonah is here." > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> On 25 Feb 2015, at 10:35 pm, hadi > >>>>>>> <almarzuki2011@hotmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Im using linux centos. I have access to terminal. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I did what you asked converting the test.txt to CP1256 And to > >>>>>>> verify that I did, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> file -bi test.txt > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> not showing cp1256 encoding. But when I do, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> iconv -l | grep CP1256 > >>>>>>> CP1256// > >>>>>>> I get CP1256 encoding. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>>>> From: Peter West [mailto:lists@pbw.id.au] > >>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 3:11 PM > >>>>>>>> To: hadi; PHP General > >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [PHP] strange character > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On 25 Feb 2015, at 9:06 pm, hadi > >>>>>>>>> <almarzuki2011@hotmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Hi Peter, > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> I want to convert from utf-8 to CP1256 so the strange > >>>>>>>>> character can be > >>>>>>>> fixed. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I think it's either a) already in CP1256, or it's in > >>>>>>>> some other > >>>>>>>> character set altogether. The error message is telling you > >>>>>>>> that it's not > >>>>>> recognised as UTF-8. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Do you have access to the iconv program in a terminal? If you > >>>>>>>> are on a linux or OS X system, just open a terminal and type > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> iconv --help > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> If you have iconv installed you will get a help message. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Get the text you are trying to convert into a text file, and > >>>>>>>> just try various conversions using iconv, until it looks > >>>>>>>> right. > >>>>>>>> Let's say your text is in the file unknown.txt. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> iconv -l > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> will list all of the character sets that iconv knows about. > >>>>>>>> Find the likely candidates and just try > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> iconv -t UTF8 -f CP1252 unknown.txt iconv -t UTF8 -f CP1256 > >>>>>>>> unknown.txt iconv -t UTF8 -f CP1254 unknown.txt > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> etc, until it looks right. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Peter West > >>>>>>>> "...and behold, something greater than Jonah is > >>>>>>>> here." > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>>>>>> From: Peter West [mailto:lists@pbw.id.au] > >>>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 1:46 PM > >>>>>>>>>> To: hadi > >>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [PHP] strange character > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Aren't you going the wrong way? It looks as > >>>>>>>>>> though the text > >>>>>>>>>> you are trying to convert is one of the 8-bit > >>>>>>>>>> character sets. > >>>>>>>>>> From these sets you get bad characters because a > >>>>>>>>>> character > >>>>>>>>>> with the MSBit set will be interpreted by a > >>>>>>>>>> UTF-8 system as a multi-byte character. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Which way do you want to go: from CP1256 to UTF-8 or > >>>>>>>>>> vice > >> versa? > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Peter West > >>>>>>>>>> "...and behold, something greater than Jonah is > >>>>>>>>>> here." > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> On 25 Feb 2015, at 7:15 pm, hadi > <almarzuki2011@hotmail.com> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> Im trying to use (iconv("UTF-8", > >>>>>>>>>>> 'CP1256//TRANSLIT', $rss);) > >>>>>>>>>>> to convert strange character like (–) to > >>>>>>>>>>> proper character, > >>>>>>>>>>> but im getting error > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> I googled about it but never found anything about > >>>>>>>>>>> it. > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> Here is the error > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> Notice: iconv(): Detected an illegal character in > >>>>>>>>>>> input > >>>>>>>>>>> string in /var/www/html/rssfeed/sahafah.php on > >>>>>>>>>>> line 35 > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>>>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To > >>>>>>>>>>> unsubscribe, > >>>> visit: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, > >> visit: > >>>>>>>> http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: > >>>>> http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: > >>>> http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >>> > >>> <test.1256.gz><test.utf8.gz> > > > > <test.gz>