Re: Deprecate declare(encoding='...') + zend.multibyte + zend.script_encoding + zend.detect_unicode ?

btw if we come to some consensus to my php2utf8.php script is actually worthwhile to expand on, i can volunteer to add more encodings (SJIS, BIG5, anything supported by mbstring), but it wouldn't surprise me if a better approach exist and the script should be rewritten entirely~ >add that what's special about UTF-8 isn't that it's "fixed-endian". should've added this to the last post, but the "zend.detect_unicode" ini-option is specifically to scan for BOMs, and BOMs are significantly less useful in fixed-endian encodings (like UTF8) than bi-endian encodings (like UTF16/UTF32) ^^ On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 21:47, Hans Henrik Bergan <divinity76@gmail.com> wrote: > > > What is the migration path for legacy code that use those directives? > > The migration path is to convert the legacy-encoding PHP files to UTF-8. > Luckily this can be largely automated, here is my attempt: > > https://github.com/divinity76/php2utf8/blob/main/src/php2utf8.php > but that code definitely needs some proof-reading and additions - idk > if the approach used is even a good approach, it was just the first i > could think of, feel free to write one from scratch > > > >Can you share a little more details about how this works? > > I hope someone else can do that, but it allows PHP to parse and > execute scripts not written in UTF-8 and scripts utilizing > BOM/byte-order-masks. > > >add that what's special about UTF-8 isn't that it's > >"fixed-endian". > > one of multiple good things about UTF-8 is that it's fixed-endian, and > UTF8 don't need a BOM to specify endianess (unlike UTF16 and UTF32 > which are bi-endian, and a BOM helps identify endianess used~) > > >If the solution is as easy as just converting the encoding of the > source file, then why did we even need to have this setting at all? > Why did PHP parser support encodings that demanded the introduction of > > I've read your question but don't have an answer to it, hopefully > someone else knows. > > > On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 at 21:09, Claude Pache <claude.pache@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Le 28 nov. 2023 à 20:56, Kamil Tekiela <tekiela246@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > > > >> Convert your PHP source files to UTF-8. > > > > > > If the solution is as easy as just converting the encoding of the > > > source file, then why did we even need to have this setting at all? > > > Why did PHP parser support encodings that demanded the introduction of > > > this declare? > > > > It is not necessary as simple: because your code base may contain literal strings, and > > changing the encoding of the source file will effectively change the contents of the strings. > > > > —Claude > >