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Phil Sturgeon
2014-07-15 17:05:07 +01:00
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ anchor: php_and_utf8
## Working with UTF-8 {#php_and_utf8_title} ## Working with UTF-8 {#php_and_utf8_title}
_This section was originally written by [Alex Cabal](https://alexcabal.com/) over at _This section was originally written by [Alex Cabal](https://alexcabal.com/) over at
[PHP Best Practices](https://phpbestpractices.org/#utf-8) and has now been shared here_. [PHP Best Practices](https://phpbestpractices.org/#utf-8) and has been used as the basis for our own UTF-8 advice_.
### There's no one-liner. Be careful, detailed, and consistent. ### There's no one-liner. Be careful, detailed, and consistent.
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ Further Reading for why.
### UTF-8 at the browser level ### UTF-8 at the browser level
Use the `mb_http_output()` function to ensure that your PHP script outputs UTF-8 strings to your browser. In your HTML, Use the `mb_http_output()` function to ensure that your PHP script outputs UTF-8 strings to your browser.
include the [charset `<meta>` tag](http://htmlpurifier.org/docs/enduser-utf8.html) in your page's `<head>` tag.
The browser will then need to be told by the HTTP response that this page should be considered as UTF-8. The historic approach to doing that was to include the [charset `<meta>` tag](http://htmlpurifier.org/docs/enduser-utf8.html) in your page's `<head>` tag. This approach is perfectly valid, but setting the charset in the `Content-Type` header is actually [much faster](https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/best-practices/rendering#SpecifyCharsetEarly).
{% highlight php %} {% highlight php %}
<?php <?php
@@ -107,10 +108,11 @@ $handle->execute();
// Store the result into an object that we'll output later in our HTML // Store the result into an object that we'll output later in our HTML
$result = $handle->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_OBJ); $result = $handle->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
?><!doctype html> ?><!doctype html>
<html> <html>
<head> <head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>UTF-8 test page</title> <title>UTF-8 test page</title>
</head> </head>
<body> <body>