Re: default charset confusion

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Zend Multibyte is now enabled by default in PHP 5.4. - Mike On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I would then propose to make mbstring compile time mandatory. > > > > I'm against yet another global ini setting, I find the actual ini > settings > > confusing enough to add one more that would moreover reflect mbstring > one's > > (and add more and more confusion). > > Why not turn ext/mbstring mandatory at compile time, for all future PHP > > versions, like preg or spl are ? > > > > We do need multibyte handling either. ZendEngine takes advantage of > > mbstring for internal encoding as well, so I probably missed something as > > why it is still possible to --disable-mbstring (or not add > > --enable-mbstring) when compiling ? Has it a huge performance impact ? > > > > Thank you :) > > > > Julien.P > > > > see > > http://www.mail-archive.com/internals@lists.php.net/msg48452.html > http://lxr.php.net/opengrok/xref/PHP_5_4/UPGRADING#91 > and > > http://www.mail-archive.com/internals@lists.php.net/msg53863.html > > basically the mbstring code in the ZE is only used if you > enable zend.multibyte, which is disabled by default, so it isn't mandatory > to have ext/mbstring for the default build/setup. > as you can see from the last link, I would support having ext/mbstring > builtin and always enabled, but I would like to hear from more people about > the pros and cons. > > -- > Ferenc Kovács > @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu > -- ----------------------- "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you." John 15:12 -----------------------