- PHP, Apache, MySQL, Windows : WampServer

15 years ago

webren

1. SOLUTION - FIXED - Japanese characters ?????????

found an answer at last... add the following query to your PHP after you connect to the DB mysql_query ('SET NAMES sjis'); - OR - mysql_query ('SET CHARACTER SET sjis'); either one works... not sure why or which is better but no longer are you left with a page of ???????????? instead of japanese characters! this should of course work for any character set you wish to force at ren
Forum: WampServer English

15 years ago

webren

2. SOLUTION Re: is the PHP limited? (2byte Japanese)

found an answer at last... add the following query to your PHP after you connect to the DB mysql_query ('SET NAMES sjis'); - OR - mysql_query ('SET CHARACTER SET sjis'); either one works... not sure why or which is better but no longer are you left with a page of ???????????? instead of japanese characters! this should of course work for any character set you wish to force at ren
Forum: WampServer English

15 years ago

webren

3. Re: Swedish chars get bad in MYSQL

no fix as yet read this for more info
Forum: WampServer English

15 years ago

webren

4. Re: is the PHP limited? (2byte Japanese)

Same error encountered here with Japanese 2byte characters on the latest WAMP (tried other MySQL versions - same error) Exact same setup works on another Apache/MySQL setup correctly displaying the Japanese shift-jis/sjis characters I noticed that the moderator of this forum said that use of utf-8 would fix it but this is NOT the case. There are specific character sets for Japanese that m
Forum: WampServer English