Building Chinese Web Sites Using PHP - Version 2.20, by Dr. Herong Yang

Building Chinese Web Sites Using PHP

∟Input Chinese Text Data from Web Forms

This chapter provides tutorial notes on input Chinese text data from Web forms. Topics include creating Web form; receiving Chinese input text data with PHP the $_REQUEST array; inputting Chinese text with UTF-8, GB18030, and Big5 encodings; copying and pasting Chinese text on Web forms.

Steps and Components Involved

Processing Chinese Input on Web Forms in UTF-8

Processing Chinese Input on Web Forms in GB18030

Processing Chinese Input on Web Forms in Big5

Copying and Pasting Chinese Input to UTF-8 Web Forms

Copying and Pasting Chinese Input to GB18030 Web Forms

Copying and Pasting Chinese Input to Big5 Web Forms

Conclusions:

• By default, PHP-CGI.exe program, Apache Web server and Internet Explorer Web Browser are supporting UTF-8 encoding.
• If you want to use GB18030/GB2312 or Big5 encoding to collect Chinese character input, you need to call header("Content-type: text/html; charset=xxxx") to override the HTTP response header line default encoding setting.
• Web browsers are smart to convert Chinese characters automatically between different encodings when you copy and paste between Web pages/forms.

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 PHP Installation on Windows Systems

 Integrating PHP with Apache Web Server

 charset="*" - Encodings on Chinese Web Pages

 Chinese Characters in PHP String Literals

 Multibyte String Functions in UTF-8 Encoding

 Input Text Data from Web Forms

►Input Chinese Text Data from Web Forms

 MySQL - Installation on Windows

 MySQL - Connecting PHP to Database

 MySQL - Character Set and Encoding

 MySQL - Sending Non-ASCII Text to MySQL

 Retrieving Chinese Text from Database to Web Pages

 Input Chinese Text Data to MySQL Database

 Archived Tutorials

 References

 Full Version in PDF/EPUB

Input Chinese Text Data from Web Forms - Updated in 2019, by Dr. Herong Yang