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Unicode Data with PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1
good to have this by hand because Unicode in PHP can still be tricky
phputf8
A library that helps with UTF-8 strings in PHP, with or without mbstring
Hot PHP UTF-8 tips
It is unusually difficult to handle UTF-8 in PHP. This SitePoint article gives some pointers and ideas.
Unicode Insults
How to insult people in pure unicode 😉
Recently I needed to call XMLRPC functions from an ASP server.
There is a nice XMLRPC library available from David Carter-Tod but I had a small problem with it.
It messed up the UTF8 encoding of my strings.
I’m sure that I’m not the only one with this problem, so here’s a simple solution:
Just add the following line at the beginning of the xmlrpc.asp file:
<%@ CodePage=65001 %>
Simple and effective 🙂
Unicode and multilingual support in HTML, fonts, Web browsers and other applications
A rather comprehensive reference of Unicode, including some pages to test your browser
On the Goodness of Unicode
An excellent article on Unicode, and equally excellent sequel :
Characters vs. Bytes
DevShed – Using PHP With LDAP
A nice tutorial on how to use LDAP in PHP.
In case you’re not familiar with LDAP, it is a protocol designed to allow quick, efficient searches of directory services. Built around Internet technologies, LDAP makes it possible to easily update and query directory services over standard TCP/IP connections, and includes a host of powerful features, including security, access control, data replication and support for Unicode.
Unihan Database Search Page Ever needed to find the chinese sign for anus?
Letter database: Languages, character sets, names etc…
ZVON Character Search – unicode character browser