Re: Re: PHP 5.2.1RC3 Released

From:	Andrei Zmievski	Date:	Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:33:58 +0000
Subject:	Re: Re: PHP 5.2.1RC3 Released
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I've been thinking about how to not force UTF-8 in PCRE for PHP 6, and it's not that simple. This is mainly due to preg_replace(), because it allows array() parameters that can contain mixed IS_UNICODE and IS_STRING values. I hope you realize though, that in UTF-8 mode PCRE does not care about POSIX locales, even in PHP 5. By the way, I think ICU regexp extension, when implemented, will let you match Portuguese characters in UTF-8 strings. -Andrei On Jan 25, 2007, at 9:07 AM, Nuno Lopes wrote:

But how do I match only portuguese letters? you'll (always) need posix locales.. I don't think forcing preg_* function to utf-8 is a good idea, but anyway I haven't looked enough to PHP 6 (yet) to produce a strong opinion. Nuno
Because with UTF-8, PCRE already knows the uppercase and lowercase equivalents, without having to rely on the POSIX locales. -Andrei On Jan 25, 2007, at 7:24 AM, Pierre wrote:
On 1/25/07, Ilia Alshanetsky <ilia@prohost.org> wrote:
PCRE should operate in UTF-8 mode.
How does UTF-8 help to make it locale compliant? --Pierre