Re: Query2XML & utf8 databases

Thanks a lot, it works fine for me. -- Mickaël. Lukas Feiler wrote: > Hi, > > >> Lukas Feiler wrote: >> >> Hi Mickaël! >> >> Please CC all mails to pear-dev@lists.php.net >> >> Mickaël Guérin wrote: >> >>> Hi Lucas, >>> >>> I'm a user of Query2XML and I'm experiencing some >>> difficulties : there's >>> no way to tell Query2XML if datas need to be 'utf8_encoded' or not. >>> Is it on your TODO list ? >>> >> If I'm understanding you correctly, you mean that the data in >> your database already is UTF-8-encoded and therefore >> XML_Query2XML::_utf8encode() should not be called. >> There are two solutions to this problem (that all require a >> new release): >> 1) make XML_Query2XML::_utf8encode() protected (instead of >> private) so that it can be overwritten by sub-classes; this >> is OO style >> 2) create a new option named 'encoder' that can be specified >> on every level and allows you to overwrite the default of >> XML_Query2XML::_utf8encode() - this would work like >> $options['mapper'] [1] >> >> I prefer the second solution as it gives the developer the >> possibility to use different encoding functions for different >> levels, i.e. for different tables. What's your opinion? >> >> This has been sitting on my todo-list for quite some time >> now; so thanks for bringing it up! >> >> >>> I've looked at the code, and the only consequence of >>> implementing such a >>> feature would be to remove the 'static' attribute of some methods. >>> Let me know if you plan to implement this, else I would patch >>> Query2XML >>> (and send you a patch of course ;) ). >>> >>> Mickaël. >>> >>> > > The new 'encoder' option introduced in the new release v1.2.0 allows you to > handle UTF-8 databases. > Please see the manual [1] for further details on this. > It's now also possible to use something else than UTF-8 for XML encoding. > [2] > > Cheers, > Lukas > > [1] > http://query2xml.sf.net/docs/html/XML_Query2XML/tutorial_XML_Query2XML.pkg.h > tml#query2xml_getxml.options_encoder.disabling > [2] > http://query2xml.sf.net/docs/html/XML_Query2XML/tutorial_XML_Query2XML.pkg.h > tml#encoding > >