Re: email character decoding

found another special case in my inbox.. a CR *or* LF for line endings. the following code will handle that case properly : function getPart($connection, $messageNumber, $partNumber, $encoding) { setlocale(LC_CTYPE, 'nl_NL.utf8'); $header = imap_fetchheader($connection, $messageNumber); //return $header; $data = imap_fetchbody($connection, $messageNumber, $partNumber); if ($data == '') return $data; //return $encoding; switch($encoding) { case 0: //if (mb_detect_encoding($data, 'UTF-8', true)==='UTF-8') { $d = quoted_printable_decode($data); //return $d; if ( strpos($d, '<body')!==false || strpos($d, '<table')!==false ) { $d = str_replace ("\r\n", "", $d); $d = str_replace ("\r", "", $d); $d = str_replace ("\n", "", $d); } //return $d; $f = fopen ('temp/data.bin', 'w'); if ($f!==false) { fwrite ($f, $d); fclose ($f); $xec = 'chardet "'.dirname(__FILE__).'/temp/data.bin"'; exec ($xec, $output, $result); preg_match_all('/: (.*) with/',$output[0],$chardet); //return json_encode($output); $chardetResult = $chardet[1][0]; if ($chardetResult=='utf-8') return $d; $xec = 'iconv -f '.$chardetResult.' -t UTF-8 "'.dirname(__FILE__).'/temp/data.bin" > "'.dirname(__FILE__).'/temp/data.out"'; exec ($xec, $output, $result); return file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__).'/temp/data.out'); } else { echo 'Could not open temp/data.bin for detection and conversion of character set encoding :(<br/>Please check directory permissions on "'.dirname(__FILE__).'/temp"'; }; /* } else { return $data; // 7BIT }*/ case 1: return imap_8bit($data); // 8BIT case 2: return $data; // BINARY case 3: return imap_base64($data); // BASE64 case 4: if ( is_base64($data)){ $d = base64_decode($data); return $d; } else { return quoted_printable_decode($data); }; break; case 5: return $data; // OTHER } } On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 9:50 AM Rene Veerman < rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com> wrote: > found another special case; malformed HTML (CRLF *inside* html tags).. > > the following update to getPart() fixes it : > > function getPart($connection, $messageNumber, $partNumber, $encoding) { > setlocale(LC_CTYPE, 'nl_NL.utf8'); > $header = imap_fetchheader($connection, $messageNumber); > //return $header; > $data = imap_fetchbody($connection, $messageNumber, $partNumber); > if ($data == '') return $data; > //return $encoding; > switch($encoding) { > case 0: > //if (mb_detect_encoding($data, 'UTF-8', true)==='UTF-8') { > $d = quoted_printable_decode($data); > if ( > strpos($d, '<body')!==false > || strpos($d, '<table')!==false > ) $d = str_replace ("\r\n", "", $d); > //return $d; > $f = fopen ('temp/data.bin', 'w'); > if ($f!==false) { > fwrite ($f, $d); > fclose ($f); > $xec = 'chardet > "'.dirname(__FILE__).'/temp/data.bin"'; > exec ($xec, $output, $result); > preg_match_all('/: (.*) with/',$output[0],$chardet); > //return json_encode($output); > $chardetResult = $chardet[1][0]; > if ($chardetResult=='utf-8') return $d; > $xec = 'iconv -f '.$chardetResult.' -t UTF-8 > "'.dirname(__FILE__).'/temp/data.bin" > > "'.dirname(__FILE__).'/temp/data.out"'; > exec ($xec, $output, $result); > return > file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__).'/temp/data.out'); > } else { > echo 'Could not open temp/data.bin for detection and > conversion of character set encoding :(<br/>Please check directory > permissions on "'.dirname(__FILE__).'/temp"'; > }; > /* > } else { > return $data; // 7BIT > }*/ > case 1: return imap_8bit($data); // 8BIT > case 2: return $data; // BINARY > case 3: return imap_base64($data); // BASE64 > case 4: > if ( is_base64($data)){ > $d = base64_decode($data); > return $d; > } else { > return quoted_printable_decode($data); > }; > break; > case 5: return $data; // OTHER > } > } > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 8:45 AM Rene Veerman < > rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com> wrote: > >> oh, i forgot to mention... and before i close the browser tabs to it.. i >> found some really good explanations of what encodings actually are, and how >> they got so complicated over time.. >> >> >> >> https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2003/10/08/the-absolute-minimum-every-software-developer-absolutely-positively-must-know-about-unicode-and-character-sets-no-excuses/ >> >> https://kunststube.net/encoding/ >> >> https://kunststube.net/frontback/ >> >> On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 8:24 AM Rene Veerman < >> rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> ok.. because it was googling and reading up on open source documents >>> describing encodings and how to deal with them in general that led me to >>> this solution, i thought it would be nice for me to share my code on how to >>> parse email data.. >>> this includes the complete fix for the problem which started this >>> thread, in getPart(), switch($encoding) case 0: >>> >>> i'll let you all know if i run into any more special cases, and the >>> (eventual) solutions to those.. >>> this code will be part of my >>> https://github.com/nicerapp/nicerapp >>> opensource CMS, which is available to the public for 10% of the profits you >>> make with it. >>> >>> i'll consider making the webmail part of it LGPL (true >>> opensource available for commercial use without cost). >>> >>> bye for now, and thanks for being the mirror i needed to get this solved >>> :) >>> >>> function webmail_get_mail_content ($serverConfig, $serverIdx, >>> $mailboxes, $mailboxIdx, $mailIdx) { >>> $c = $serverConfig; >>> $connectString = >>> >>> '{'.$c['IMAP']['domain'].':'.$c['IMAP']['port'] >>> >>> .($c['IMAP']['requiresSSL']?'/imap/ssl':'') >>> >>> .($c['IMAP']['sslCertificateCheck']?'':'/novalidate-cert') >>> .'}'.$mailboxes[$mailboxIdx]; >>> $mbox = imap_open($connectString, $c['userID'], >>> $c['userPassword']); >>> if ($mbox===false) return 'FAIL - '.$connectString; >>> >>> /* >>> $section = 2; >>> $text = trim( utf8_encode( quoted_printable_decode( >>> imap_fetchbody( $mbox, $mailIdx, $section ) ) ) >>> ); >>> $headers = imap_fetchheader($mbox, $mailIdx, >>> */ >>> $structure = imap_fetchstructure($mbox, 1); >>> $flattenedParts = flattenParts($structure->parts); >>> //return json_encode($flattenedParts, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT); >>> foreach($flattenedParts as $partNumber => $part) { >>> >>> switch($part->type) { >>> >>> case 0: >>> // the HTML or plain text part of the email >>> $message = getPart($mbox, $mailIdx, $partNumber, >>> $part->encoding); >>> if ($message!=='') { >>> if ($partNumber==1) { >>> $msg = $message; >>> $msg = >>> str_replace("\r\n",'<br/>',$msg); >>> $msg = >>> str_replace("\r",'<br/>',$msg); >>> $msg = >>> str_replace("\n",'<br/>',$msg); >>> } else { >>> $msg = $message; >>> } >>> }; >>> // now do something with the message, e.g. render it >>> break; >>> >>> case 1: >>> // multi-part headers, can ignore >>> >>> break; >>> case 2: >>> // attached message headers, can ignore >>> break; >>> >>> case 3: // application >>> case 4: // audio >>> case 5: // image >>> case 6: // video >>> case 7: // other >>> $filename = getFilenameFromPart($part); >>> if($filename) { >>> // it's an attachment >>> $attachment = getPart($mbox, $mailIdx, $partNumber, >>> $part->encoding); >>> // now do something with the attachment, e.g. save >>> it somewhere >>> } >>> else { >>> // don't know what it is >>> } >>> break; >>> >>> } >>> >>> } >>> >>> return $msg;//json_encode($flattenedParts); >>> } >>> >>> function flattenParts($messageParts, $flattenedParts = array(), $prefix >>> = '', $index = 1, $fullPrefix = true) { >>> >>> foreach($messageParts as $part) { >>> $flattenedParts[$prefix.$index] = $part; >>> if(isset($part->parts)) { >>> if($part->type == 2) { >>> $flattenedParts = flattenParts($part->parts, $flattenedParts, >>> $prefix.$index.'.', 0, false); >>> } >>> elseif($fullPrefix) { >>> $flattenedParts = flattenParts($part->parts, $flattenedParts, >>> $prefix.$index.'.'); >>> } >>> else { >>> $flattenedParts = flattenParts($part->parts, $flattenedParts, $prefix); >>> } >>> unset($flattenedParts[$prefix.$index]->parts); >>> } >>> $index++; >>> } >>> >>> return $flattenedParts; >>> >>> } >>> >>> >>> function getPart($connection, $messageNumber, $partNumber, $encoding) { >>> setlocale(LC_CTYPE, 'nl_NL.utf8'); >>> $header = imap_fetchheader($connection, $messageNumber); >>> //return $header; >>> $data = imap_fetchbody($connection, $messageNumber, $partNumber); >>> //return $encoding; >>> switch($encoding) { >>> case 0: >>> if (mb_detect_encoding($data, 'UTF-8', true)==='UTF-8') >>> { >>> //$data = mb_convert_encoding($data, 'UTF-8', 'CP1250, >>> Windows-1251, Windows-1252, Windows-1254');//." : >>> ".$chr."<br>"; >>> //$data = mb_convert_encoding($data, 'HTML-ENTITIES', >>> 'UTF-8'); >>> >>> $d = quoted_printable_decode($data); >>> $f = fopen ('temp/data.bin', 'w'); >>> if ($f!==false) { >>> fwrite ($f, quoted_printable_decode($data)); >>> fclose ($f); >>> $xec = 'chardet >>> "'.dirname(__FILE__).'/temp/data.bin"'; >>> exec ($xec, $output, $result); >>> preg_match_all('/: (.*) with/',$output[0],$chardet); >>> $chardetResult = >>> $chardet[1][0];//json_encode($chardet); >>> $xec = 'iconv -f '.$chardetResult.' -t UTF-8 >>> "'.dirname(__FILE__).'/temp/data.bin" > >>> "'.dirname(__FILE__).'/temp/data.out"'; >>> exec ($xec, $output, $result); >>> return >>> file_get_contents(dirname(__FILE__).'/temp/data.out'); >>> } else { >>> echo 'Could not open temp/data.bin for detection and >>> conversion of character set encoding :(<br/>Please check directory >>> permissions on "'.dirname(__FILE__).'/temp"'; >>> }; >>> } else { >>> return $data; // 7BIT >>> } >>> case 1: return imap_8bit($data); // 8BIT >>> case 2: return $data; // BINARY >>> case 3: return imap_base64($data); // BASE64 >>> case 4: >>> if ( is_base64($data)){ >>> $d = base64_decode($data); >>> return $d; >>> } else { >>> return quoted_printable_decode($data); >>> }; >>> break; >>> case 5: return $data; // OTHER >>> } >>> } >>> >>> function is_base64($s) { >>> if (($b = base64_decode($s, TRUE)) === FALSE) { >>> return FALSE; >>> } >>> >>> // now check whether the decoded data could be actual text >>> $e = mb_detect_encoding($b); >>> if (in_array($e, array('UTF-8', 'ASCII'))) { // YMMV >>> return TRUE; >>> } else { >>> return FALSE; >>> } >>> } >>> >>> function getFilenameFromPart($part) { >>> $filename = ''; >>> >>> if($part->ifdparameters) { >>> foreach($part->dparameters as $object) { >>> if(strtolower($object->attribute) == 'filename') { >>> $filename = $object->value; >>> } >>> } >>> } >>> >>> if(!$filename && $part->ifparameters) { >>> foreach($part->parameters as $object) { >>> if(strtolower($object->attribute) == 'name') { >>> $filename = $object->value; >>> } >>> } >>> } >>> >>> return $filename; >>> } >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 8:05 AM Rene Veerman < >>> rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> YES YES YES.. found it!! :) >>>> >>>> chardet FTW! :D >>>> root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# >>>> chardet enca.bin >>>> enca.bin: Windows-1252 with confidence 0.725876260928 >>>> >>>> root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# >>>> iconv -f windows-1252 -t UTF-8 enca.bin > enca.out >>>> >>>> which also means that i should be able to convert this data in PHP : >>>> $d = quoted_printable_decode($data); >>>> $d = mb_convert_encoding($d, 'Windows-1252', >>>> 'UTF-8'); >>>> return $d; >>>> but alas, THIS DOES NOT WORK. >>>> it replaces the special central european characters in the data with >>>> '?'. >>>> >>>> so you'll have to write out the data to disk and convert it using the >>>> commandline PHP exec() to Ubuntu's commandline iconv command, then read >>>> back in the data using file_get_contents. >>>> >>>> i'll start now on the actual PHP code to do this, and post that when >>>> i'm done.. it'll require some minor parsing of the chardet output, but >>>> shouldn't take me longer than an hour, maybe 2. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 7:57 AM Rene Veerman < >>>> rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> ok i hit a little bit of a breakthrough.. but still not there.. >>>>> >>>>> when i write out the file from PHP like this : >>>>> fwrite ($f, quoted_printable_decode($data)); >>>>> and then use the command line like this : >>>>> >>>>> root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# >>>>> file enca.bin >>>>> i get : >>>>> enca.bin: HTML document, ISO-8859 text, with very long lines, with >>>>> CRLF, NEL line terminators >>>>> >>>>> btw, using enca doesn't work: >>>>> >>>>> root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# >>>>> enca enca.bin >>>>> enca: Cannot determine (or understand) your language preferences. >>>>> Please use -L language', or -L none' >>>>> if your language is not >>>>> supported >>>>> (only a few multibyte encodings can be recognized then). >>>>> Run `enca --list languages' to get a list of supported languages. >>>>> >>>>> root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# >>>>> enca -L none enca.bin >>>>> Unrecognized encoding >>>>> >>>>> And, using the following command line still fails miserably : >>>>> >>>>> root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# >>>>> iconv -f ISO-8859 -t UTF-8 enca.bin > enca.out >>>>> iconv: conversion from `ISO-8859' is not supported >>>>> >>>>> iconv -l >>>>> gives me : >>>>> >>>>> root@crow:/home/rene/data1/htdocs/localhost/nicerapp/businessLogic/webmail/temp# >>>>> iconv -l >>>>> The following list contains all the coded character sets known. This >>>>> does >>>>> not necessarily mean that all combinations of these names can be used >>>>> for >>>>> the FROM and TO command line parameters. One coded character set can >>>>> be >>>>> listed with several different names (aliases). >>>>> >>>>> 437, 500, 500V1, 850, 851, 852, 855, 856, 857, 858, 860, 861, 862, >>>>> 863, 864, >>>>> 865, 866, 866NAV, 869, 874, 904, 1026, 1046, 1047, 8859_1, 8859_2, >>>>> 8859_3, >>>>> 8859_4, 8859_5, 8859_6, 8859_7, 8859_8, 8859_9, 10646-1:1993, >>>>> 10646-1:1993/UCS4, ANSI_X3.4-1968, ANSI_X3.4-1986, ANSI_X3.4, >>>>> ANSI_X3.110-1983, ANSI_X3.110, ARABIC, ARABIC7, ARMSCII-8, ARMSCII8, >>>>> ASCII, >>>>> ASMO-708, ASMO_449, BALTIC, BIG-5, BIG-FIVE, BIG5-HKSCS, BIG5, >>>>> BIG5HKSCS, >>>>> BIGFIVE, BRF, BS_4730, CA, CN-BIG5, CN-GB, CN, CP-AR, CP-GR, CP-HU, >>>>> CP037, >>>>> CP038, CP273, CP274, CP275, CP278, CP280, CP281, CP282, CP284, >>>>> CP285, CP290, >>>>> CP297, CP367, CP420, CP423, CP424, CP437, CP500, CP737, CP770, >>>>> CP771, CP772, >>>>> CP773, CP774, CP775, CP803, CP813, CP819, CP850, CP851, CP852, >>>>> CP855, CP856, >>>>> CP857, CP858, CP860, CP861, CP862, CP863, CP864, CP865, CP866, >>>>> CP866NAV, >>>>> CP868, CP869, CP870, CP871, CP874, CP875, CP880, CP891, CP901, >>>>> CP902, CP903, >>>>> CP904, CP905, CP912, CP915, CP916, CP918, CP920, CP921, CP922, >>>>> CP930, CP932, >>>>> CP933, CP935, CP936, CP937, CP939, CP949, CP950, CP1004, CP1008, >>>>> CP1025, >>>>> CP1026, CP1046, CP1047, CP1070, CP1079, CP1081, CP1084, CP1089, >>>>> CP1097, >>>>> CP1112, CP1122, CP1123, CP1124, CP1125, CP1129, CP1130, CP1132, >>>>> CP1133, >>>>> CP1137, CP1140, CP1141, CP1142, CP1143, CP1144, CP1145, CP1146, >>>>> CP1147, >>>>> CP1148, CP1149, CP1153, CP1154, CP1155, CP1156, CP1157, CP1158, >>>>> CP1160, >>>>> CP1161, CP1162, CP1163, CP1164, CP1166, CP1167, CP1250, CP1251, >>>>> CP1252, >>>>> CP1253, CP1254, CP1255, CP1256, CP1257, CP1258, CP1282, CP1361, >>>>> CP1364, >>>>> CP1371, CP1388, CP1390, CP1399, CP4517, CP4899, CP4909, CP4971, >>>>> CP5347, >>>>> CP9030, CP9066, CP9448, CP10007, CP12712, CP16804, CPIBM861, CSA7-1, >>>>> CSA7-2, >>>>> CSASCII, CSA_T500-1983, CSA_T500, CSA_Z243.4-1985-1, >>>>> CSA_Z243.4-1985-2, >>>>> CSA_Z243.419851, CSA_Z243.419852, CSDECMCS, CSEBCDICATDE, >>>>> CSEBCDICATDEA, >>>>> CSEBCDICCAFR, CSEBCDICDKNO, CSEBCDICDKNOA, CSEBCDICES, CSEBCDICESA, >>>>> CSEBCDICESS, CSEBCDICFISE, CSEBCDICFISEA, CSEBCDICFR, CSEBCDICIT, >>>>> CSEBCDICPT, >>>>> CSEBCDICUK, CSEBCDICUS, CSEUCKR, CSEUCPKDFMTJAPANESE, CSGB2312, >>>>> CSHPROMAN8, >>>>> CSIBM037, CSIBM038, CSIBM273, CSIBM274, CSIBM275, CSIBM277, CSIBM278, >>>>> CSIBM280, CSIBM281, CSIBM284, CSIBM285, CSIBM290, CSIBM297, CSIBM420, >>>>> CSIBM423, CSIBM424, CSIBM500, CSIBM803, CSIBM851, CSIBM855, CSIBM856, >>>>> CSIBM857, CSIBM860, CSIBM863, CSIBM864, CSIBM865, CSIBM866, CSIBM868, >>>>> CSIBM869, CSIBM870, CSIBM871, CSIBM880, CSIBM891, CSIBM901, CSIBM902, >>>>> CSIBM903, CSIBM904, CSIBM905, CSIBM918, CSIBM921, CSIBM922, CSIBM930, >>>>> CSIBM932, CSIBM933, CSIBM935, CSIBM937, CSIBM939, CSIBM943, >>>>> CSIBM1008, >>>>> CSIBM1025, CSIBM1026, CSIBM1097, CSIBM1112, CSIBM1122, CSIBM1123, >>>>> CSIBM1124, >>>>> CSIBM1129, CSIBM1130, CSIBM1132, CSIBM1133, CSIBM1137, CSIBM1140, >>>>> CSIBM1141, >>>>> CSIBM1142, CSIBM1143, CSIBM1144, CSIBM1145, CSIBM1146, CSIBM1147, >>>>> CSIBM1148, >>>>> CSIBM1149, CSIBM1153, CSIBM1154, CSIBM1155, CSIBM1156, CSIBM1157, >>>>> CSIBM1158, >>>>> CSIBM1160, CSIBM1161, CSIBM1163, CSIBM1164, CSIBM1166, CSIBM1167, >>>>> CSIBM1364, >>>>> CSIBM1371, CSIBM1388, CSIBM1390, CSIBM1399, CSIBM4517, CSIBM4899, >>>>> CSIBM4909, >>>>> CSIBM4971, CSIBM5347, CSIBM9030, CSIBM9066, CSIBM9448, CSIBM12712, >>>>> CSIBM16804, CSIBM11621162, CSISO4UNITEDKINGDOM, CSISO10SWEDISH, >>>>> CSISO11SWEDISHFORNAMES, CSISO14JISC6220RO, CSISO15ITALIAN, >>>>> CSISO16PORTUGESE, >>>>> CSISO17SPANISH, CSISO18GREEK7OLD, CSISO19LATINGREEK, CSISO21GERMAN, >>>>> CSISO25FRENCH, CSISO27LATINGREEK1, CSISO49INIS, CSISO50INIS8, >>>>> CSISO51INISCYRILLIC, CSISO58GB1988, CSISO60DANISHNORWEGIAN, >>>>> CSISO60NORWEGIAN1, CSISO61NORWEGIAN2, CSISO69FRENCH, >>>>> CSISO84PORTUGUESE2, >>>>> CSISO85SPANISH2, CSISO86HUNGARIAN, CSISO88GREEK7, CSISO89ASMO449, >>>>> CSISO90, >>>>> CSISO92JISC62991984B, CSISO99NAPLPS, CSISO103T618BIT, >>>>> CSISO111ECMACYRILLIC, >>>>> CSISO121CANADIAN1, CSISO122CANADIAN2, CSISO139CSN369103, >>>>> CSISO141JUSIB1002, >>>>> CSISO143IECP271, CSISO150, CSISO150GREEKCCITT, CSISO151CUBA, >>>>> CSISO153GOST1976874, CSISO646DANISH, CSISO2022CN, CSISO2022JP, >>>>> CSISO2022JP2, >>>>> CSISO2022KR, CSISO2033, CSISO5427CYRILLIC, CSISO5427CYRILLIC1981, >>>>> CSISO5428GREEK, CSISO10367BOX, CSISOLATIN1, CSISOLATIN2, CSISOLATIN3, >>>>> CSISOLATIN4, CSISOLATIN5, CSISOLATIN6, CSISOLATINARABIC, >>>>> CSISOLATINCYRILLIC, >>>>> CSISOLATINGREEK, CSISOLATINHEBREW, CSKOI8R, CSKSC5636, CSMACINTOSH, >>>>> CSNATSDANO, CSNATSSEFI, CSN_369103, CSPC8CODEPAGE437, CSPC775BALTIC, >>>>> CSPC850MULTILINGUAL, CSPC858MULTILINGUAL, CSPC862LATINHEBREW, >>>>> CSPCP852, >>>>> CSSHIFTJIS, CSUCS4, CSUNICODE, CSWINDOWS31J, CUBA, CWI-2, CWI, >>>>> CYRILLIC, DE, >>>>> DEC-MCS, DEC, DECMCS, DIN_66003, DK, DS2089, DS_2089, E13B, >>>>> EBCDIC-AT-DE-A, >>>>> EBCDIC-AT-DE, EBCDIC-BE, EBCDIC-BR, EBCDIC-CA-FR, EBCDIC-CP-AR1, >>>>> EBCDIC-CP-AR2, EBCDIC-CP-BE, EBCDIC-CP-CA, EBCDIC-CP-CH, >>>>> EBCDIC-CP-DK, >>>>> EBCDIC-CP-ES, EBCDIC-CP-FI, EBCDIC-CP-FR, EBCDIC-CP-GB, EBCDIC-CP-GR, >>>>> EBCDIC-CP-HE, EBCDIC-CP-IS, EBCDIC-CP-IT, EBCDIC-CP-NL, EBCDIC-CP-NO, >>>>> EBCDIC-CP-ROECE, EBCDIC-CP-SE, EBCDIC-CP-TR, EBCDIC-CP-US, >>>>> EBCDIC-CP-WT, >>>>> EBCDIC-CP-YU, EBCDIC-CYRILLIC, EBCDIC-DK-NO-A, EBCDIC-DK-NO, >>>>> EBCDIC-ES-A, >>>>> EBCDIC-ES-S, EBCDIC-ES, EBCDIC-FI-SE-A, EBCDIC-FI-SE, EBCDIC-FR, >>>>> EBCDIC-GREEK, EBCDIC-INT, EBCDIC-INT1, EBCDIC-IS-FRISS, EBCDIC-IT, >>>>> EBCDIC-JP-E, EBCDIC-JP-KANA, EBCDIC-PT, EBCDIC-UK, EBCDIC-US, >>>>> EBCDICATDE, >>>>> EBCDICATDEA, EBCDICCAFR, EBCDICDKNO, EBCDICDKNOA, EBCDICES, >>>>> EBCDICESA, >>>>> EBCDICESS, EBCDICFISE, EBCDICFISEA, EBCDICFR, EBCDICISFRISS, >>>>> EBCDICIT, >>>>> EBCDICPT, EBCDICUK, EBCDICUS, ECMA-114, ECMA-118, ECMA-128, >>>>> ECMA-CYRILLIC, >>>>> ECMACYRILLIC, ELOT_928, ES, ES2, EUC-CN, EUC-JISX0213, EUC-JP-MS, >>>>> EUC-JP, >>>>> EUC-KR, EUC-TW, EUCCN, EUCJP-MS, EUCJP-OPEN, EUCJP-WIN, EUCJP, >>>>> EUCKR, EUCTW, >>>>> FI, FR, GB, GB2312, GB13000, GB18030, GBK, GB_1988-80, GB_198880, >>>>> GEORGIAN-ACADEMY, GEORGIAN-PS, GOST_19768-74, GOST_19768, >>>>> GOST_1976874, >>>>> GREEK-CCITT, GREEK, GREEK7-OLD, GREEK7, GREEK7OLD, GREEK8, >>>>> GREEKCCITT, >>>>> HEBREW, HP-GREEK8, HP-ROMAN8, HP-ROMAN9, HP-THAI8, HP-TURKISH8, >>>>> HPGREEK8, >>>>> HPROMAN8, HPROMAN9, HPTHAI8, HPTURKISH8, HU, IBM-803, IBM-856, >>>>> IBM-901, >>>>> IBM-902, IBM-921, IBM-922, IBM-930, IBM-932, IBM-933, IBM-935, >>>>> IBM-937, >>>>> IBM-939, IBM-943, IBM-1008, IBM-1025, IBM-1046, IBM-1047, IBM-1097, >>>>> IBM-1112, >>>>> IBM-1122, IBM-1123, IBM-1124, IBM-1129, IBM-1130, IBM-1132, IBM-1133, >>>>> IBM-1137, IBM-1140, IBM-1141, IBM-1142, IBM-1143, IBM-1144, IBM-1145, >>>>> IBM-1146, IBM-1147, IBM-1148, IBM-1149, IBM-1153, IBM-1154, IBM-1155, >>>>> IBM-1156, IBM-1157, IBM-1158, IBM-1160, IBM-1161, IBM-1162, IBM-1163, >>>>> IBM-1164, IBM-1166, IBM-1167, IBM-1364, IBM-1371, IBM-1388, IBM-1390, >>>>> IBM-1399, IBM-4517, IBM-4899, IBM-4909, IBM-4971, IBM-5347, IBM-9030, >>>>> IBM-9066, IBM-9448, IBM-12712, IBM-16804, IBM037, IBM038, IBM256, >>>>> IBM273, >>>>> IBM274, IBM275, IBM277, IBM278, IBM280, IBM281, IBM284, IBM285, >>>>> IBM290, >>>>> IBM297, IBM367, IBM420, IBM423, IBM424, IBM437, IBM500, IBM775, >>>>> IBM803, >>>>> IBM813, IBM819, IBM848, IBM850, IBM851, IBM852, IBM855, IBM856, >>>>> IBM857, >>>>> IBM858, IBM860, IBM861, IBM862, IBM863, IBM864, IBM865, IBM866, >>>>> IBM866NAV, >>>>> IBM868, IBM869, IBM870, IBM871, IBM874, IBM875, IBM880, IBM891, >>>>> IBM901, >>>>> IBM902, IBM903, IBM904, IBM905, IBM912, IBM915, IBM916, IBM918, >>>>> IBM920, >>>>> IBM921, IBM922, IBM930, IBM932, IBM933, IBM935, IBM937, IBM939, >>>>> IBM943, >>>>> IBM1004, IBM1008, IBM1025, IBM1026, IBM1046, IBM1047, IBM1089, >>>>> IBM1097, >>>>> IBM1112, IBM1122, IBM1123, IBM1124, IBM1129, IBM1130, IBM1132, >>>>> IBM1133, >>>>> IBM1137, IBM1140, IBM1141, IBM1142, IBM1143, IBM1144, IBM1145, >>>>> IBM1146, >>>>> IBM1147, IBM1148, IBM1149, IBM1153, IBM1154, IBM1155, IBM1156, >>>>> IBM1157, >>>>> IBM1158, IBM1160, IBM1161, IBM1162, IBM1163, IBM1164, IBM1166, >>>>> IBM1167, >>>>> IBM1364, IBM1371, IBM1388, IBM1390, IBM1399, IBM4517, IBM4899, >>>>> IBM4909, >>>>> IBM4971, IBM5347, IBM9030, IBM9066, IBM9448, IBM12712, IBM16804, >>>>> IEC_P27-1, >>>>> IEC_P271, INIS-8, INIS-CYRILLIC, INIS, INIS8, INISCYRILLIC, >>>>> ISIRI-3342, >>>>> ISIRI3342, ISO-2022-CN-EXT, ISO-2022-CN, ISO-2022-JP-2, >>>>> ISO-2022-JP-3, >>>>> ISO-2022-JP, ISO-2022-KR, ISO-8859-1, ISO-8859-2, ISO-8859-3, >>>>> ISO-8859-4, >>>>> ISO-8859-5, ISO-8859-6, ISO-8859-7, ISO-8859-8, ISO-8859-9, >>>>> ISO-8859-9E, >>>>> ISO-8859-10, ISO-8859-11, ISO-8859-13, ISO-8859-14, ISO-8859-15, >>>>> ISO-8859-16, >>>>> ISO-10646, ISO-10646/UCS2, ISO-10646/UCS4, ISO-10646/UTF-8, >>>>> ISO-10646/UTF8, >>>>> ISO-CELTIC, ISO-IR-4, ISO-IR-6, ISO-IR-8-1, ISO-IR-9-1, ISO-IR-10, >>>>> ISO-IR-11, >>>>> ISO-IR-14, ISO-IR-15, ISO-IR-16, ISO-IR-17, ISO-IR-18, ISO-IR-19, >>>>> ISO-IR-21, >>>>> ISO-IR-25, ISO-IR-27, ISO-IR-37, ISO-IR-49, ISO-IR-50, ISO-IR-51, >>>>> ISO-IR-54, >>>>> ISO-IR-55, ISO-IR-57, ISO-IR-60, ISO-IR-61, ISO-IR-69, ISO-IR-84, >>>>> ISO-IR-85, >>>>> ISO-IR-86, ISO-IR-88, ISO-IR-89, ISO-IR-90, ISO-IR-92, ISO-IR-98, >>>>> ISO-IR-99, >>>>> ISO-IR-100, ISO-IR-101, ISO-IR-103, ISO-IR-109, ISO-IR-110, >>>>> ISO-IR-111, >>>>> ISO-IR-121, ISO-IR-122, ISO-IR-126, ISO-IR-127, ISO-IR-138, >>>>> ISO-IR-139, >>>>> ISO-IR-141, ISO-IR-143, ISO-IR-144, ISO-IR-148, ISO-IR-150, >>>>> ISO-IR-151, >>>>> ISO-IR-153, ISO-IR-155, ISO-IR-156, ISO-IR-157, ISO-IR-166, >>>>> ISO-IR-179, >>>>> ISO-IR-193, ISO-IR-197, ISO-IR-199, ISO-IR-203, ISO-IR-209, >>>>> ISO-IR-226, >>>>> ISO/TR_11548-1, ISO646-CA, ISO646-CA2, ISO646-CN, ISO646-CU, >>>>> ISO646-DE, >>>>> ISO646-DK, ISO646-ES, ISO646-ES2, ISO646-FI, ISO646-FR, ISO646-FR1, >>>>> ISO646-GB, ISO646-HU, ISO646-IT, ISO646-JP-OCR-B, ISO646-JP, >>>>> ISO646-KR, >>>>> ISO646-NO, ISO646-NO2, ISO646-PT, ISO646-PT2, ISO646-SE, ISO646-SE2, >>>>> ISO646-US, ISO646-YU, ISO2022CN, ISO2022CNEXT, ISO2022JP, ISO2022JP2, >>>>> ISO2022KR, ISO6937, ISO8859-1, ISO8859-2, ISO8859-3, ISO8859-4, >>>>> ISO8859-5, >>>>> ISO8859-6, ISO8859-7, ISO8859-8, ISO8859-9, ISO8859-9E, ISO8859-10, >>>>> ISO8859-11, ISO8859-13, ISO8859-14, ISO8859-15, ISO8859-16, >>>>> ISO11548-1, >>>>> ISO88591, ISO88592, ISO88593, ISO88594, ISO88595, ISO88596, ISO88597, >>>>> ISO88598, ISO88599, ISO88599E, ISO885910, ISO885911, ISO885913, >>>>> ISO885914, >>>>> ISO885915, ISO885916, ISO_646.IRV:1991, ISO_2033-1983, ISO_2033, >>>>> ISO_5427-EXT, ISO_5427, ISO_5427:1981, ISO_5427EXT, ISO_5428, >>>>> ISO_5428:1980, >>>>> ISO_6937-2, ISO_6937-2:1983, ISO_6937, ISO_6937:1992, ISO_8859-1, >>>>> ISO_8859-1:1987, ISO_8859-2, ISO_8859-2:1987, ISO_8859-3, >>>>> ISO_8859-3:1988, >>>>> ISO_8859-4, ISO_8859-4:1988, ISO_8859-5, ISO_8859-5:1988, ISO_8859-6, >>>>> ISO_8859-6:1987, ISO_8859-7, ISO_8859-7:1987, ISO_8859-7:2003, >>>>> ISO_8859-8, >>>>> ISO_8859-8:1988, ISO_8859-9, ISO_8859-9:1989, ISO_8859-9E, >>>>> ISO_8859-10, >>>>> ISO_8859-10:1992, ISO_8859-14, ISO_8859-14:1998, ISO_8859-15, >>>>> ISO_8859-15:1998, ISO_8859-16, ISO_8859-16:2001, ISO_9036, >>>>> ISO_10367-BOX, >>>>> ISO_10367BOX, ISO_11548-1, ISO_69372, IT, JIS_C6220-1969-RO, >>>>> JIS_C6229-1984-B, JIS_C62201969RO, JIS_C62291984B, JOHAB, JP-OCR-B, >>>>> JP, JS, >>>>> JUS_I.B1.002, KOI-7, KOI-8, KOI8-R, KOI8-RU, KOI8-T, KOI8-U, KOI8, >>>>> KOI8R, >>>>> KOI8U, KSC5636, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L10, LATIN-9, >>>>> LATIN-GREEK-1, >>>>> LATIN-GREEK, LATIN1, LATIN2, LATIN3, LATIN4, LATIN5, LATIN6, LATIN7, >>>>> LATIN8, >>>>> LATIN9, LATIN10, LATINGREEK, LATINGREEK1, MAC-CENTRALEUROPE, >>>>> MAC-CYRILLIC, >>>>> MAC-IS, MAC-SAMI, MAC-UK, MAC, MACCYRILLIC, MACINTOSH, MACIS, MACUK, >>>>> MACUKRAINIAN, MIK, MS-ANSI, MS-ARAB, MS-CYRL, MS-EE, MS-GREEK, >>>>> MS-HEBR, >>>>> MS-MAC-CYRILLIC, MS-TURK, MS932, MS936, MSCP949, MSCP1361, >>>>> MSMACCYRILLIC, >>>>> MSZ_7795.3, MS_KANJI, NAPLPS, NATS-DANO, NATS-SEFI, NATSDANO, >>>>> NATSSEFI, >>>>> NC_NC0010, NC_NC00-10, NC_NC00-10:81, NF_Z_62-010, >>>>> NF_Z_62-010_(1973), >>>>> NF_Z_62-010_1973, NF_Z_62010, NF_Z_62010_1973, NO, NO2, NS_4551-1, >>>>> NS_4551-2, >>>>> NS_45511, NS_45512, OS2LATIN1, OSF00010001, OSF00010002, OSF00010003, >>>>> OSF00010004, OSF00010005, OSF00010006, OSF00010007, OSF00010008, >>>>> OSF00010009, >>>>> OSF0001000A, OSF00010020, OSF00010100, OSF00010101, OSF00010102, >>>>> OSF00010104, >>>>> OSF00010105, OSF00010106, OSF00030010, OSF0004000A, OSF0005000A, >>>>> OSF05010001, >>>>> OSF100201A4, OSF100201A8, OSF100201B5, OSF100201F4, OSF100203B5, >>>>> OSF1002011C, >>>>> OSF1002011D, OSF1002035D, OSF1002035E, OSF1002035F, OSF1002036B, >>>>> OSF1002037B, >>>>> OSF10010001, OSF10010004, OSF10010006, OSF10020025, OSF10020111, >>>>> OSF10020115, >>>>> OSF10020116, OSF10020118, OSF10020122, OSF10020129, OSF10020352, >>>>> OSF10020354, >>>>> OSF10020357, OSF10020359, OSF10020360, OSF10020364, OSF10020365, >>>>> OSF10020366, >>>>> OSF10020367, OSF10020370, OSF10020387, OSF10020388, OSF10020396, >>>>> OSF10020402, >>>>> OSF10020417, PT, PT2, PT154, R8, R9, RK1048, ROMAN8, ROMAN9, RUSCII, >>>>> SE, SE2, >>>>> SEN_850200_B, SEN_850200_C, SHIFT-JIS, SHIFTJISX0213, SHIFT_JIS, >>>>> SHIFT_JISX0213, SJIS-OPEN, SJIS-WIN, SJIS, SS636127, STRK1048-2002, >>>>> ST_SEV_358-88, T.61-8BIT, T.61, T.618BIT, TCVN-5712, TCVN, >>>>> TCVN5712-1, >>>>> TCVN5712-1:1993, THAI8, TIS-620, TIS620-0, TIS620.2529-1, >>>>> TIS620.2533-0, >>>>> TIS620, TS-5881, TSCII, TURKISH8, UCS-2, UCS-2BE, UCS-2LE, UCS-4, >>>>> UCS-4BE, >>>>> UCS-4LE, UCS2, UCS4, UHC, UJIS, UK, UNICODE, UNICODEBIG, >>>>> UNICODELITTLE, >>>>> US-ASCII, US, UTF-7, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-16BE, UTF-16LE, UTF-32, >>>>> UTF-32BE, >>>>> UTF-32LE, UTF7, UTF8, UTF16, UTF16BE, UTF16LE, UTF32, UTF32BE, >>>>> UTF32LE, >>>>> VISCII, WCHAR_T, WIN-SAMI-2, WINBALTRIM, WINDOWS-31J, WINDOWS-874, >>>>> WINDOWS-936, WINDOWS-1250, WINDOWS-1251, WINDOWS-1252, WINDOWS-1253, >>>>> WINDOWS-1254, WINDOWS-1255, WINDOWS-1256, WINDOWS-1257, WINDOWS-1258, >>>>> WINSAMI2, WS2, YU >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 7:38 AM Rene Veerman < >>>>> rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> i've also tried a commandline >>>>>> iconv -f=Windows-1250 -t=UTF-8 enca.txt >>>>>> but that returns the data unaltered :( >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 7:37 AM Rene Veerman < >>>>>> rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> as additional and background info, i can tell you that this data >>>>>>> came from a gmail server which upon 'show original', gave me >>>>>>> extra headers >>>>>>> (that are not in the data, nor in the headers as downloaded through >>>>>>> PHP's imap functions), which told me that the charset is >>>>>>> windows-1250. >>>>>>> so this must come from Google's magical algorithms, which i find >>>>>>> up >>>>>>> to now impossible to reproduce :( >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 7:33 AM Rene Veerman < >>>>>>> rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> no, it PHP iconv only supports nl_NL.utf8 and various en_*.utf8 >>>>>>>> according to >>>>>>>> locale -a >>>>>>>> on the Ubuntu command prompt :( >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> and using nl_NL.utf8 doesn't fix my problem either :( >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I've also tried saving the file to disk and then using >>>>>>>> commandline >>>>>>>> enca file.ext >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> file file.ext >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> chardet file.ext >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> uchar file.ext >>>>>>>> but all these will give me is that the file is encoded in ASCII. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On the upside, Ubuntu commandline >>>>>>>> iconv >>>>>>>> will support the windows-1250 character set, >>>>>>>> but i have no way to detect which character set my document is >>>>>>>> encoded in, at this time :( >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For your convenience, i've included the file in question as an >>>>>>>> attachment to this email.. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 2:59 PM Christoph M. Becker < >>>>>>>> cmbecker69@gmx.de> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 21.11.2020 at 14:21, Rene Veerman wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> > I'm having a bit of trouble decoding a message that >>>>>>>>> > was written >>>>>>>>> using the >>>>>>>>> > Windows-1250 character set, on an Ubuntu PHP installation >>>>>>>>> > that >>>>>>>>> according to >>>>>>>>> > mb_list_encodings only supports the Windows-1251, >>>>>>>>> > Windows-1252 >>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>> > Windows-1254 character sets. >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > Can someone here please point me in the direction of a >>>>>>>>> > solution >>>>>>>>> for this? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Maybe Windows-1250 is supported by your iconv() >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> (<https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php>)? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Christoph >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>