Chinese Web Sites Using PHP
∟Multibyte String Functions in UTF-8 Encoding
∟List of Multibyte String Functions
This section provides a quick list of multibyte string functions related to Chinese characters.
By reviewing the PHP manual, I consider the following multibyte string
functions are important for manipulating Chinese character strings:
- mb_check_encoding - Check if the string is valid for the specified encoding
- mb_convert_encoding - Convert character encoding
- mb_convert_variables - Convert character code in variable(s)
- mb_decode_mimeheader - Decode string in MIME header field
- mb_decode_numericentity - Decode HTML numeric string reference to character
- mb_detect_encoding - Detect character encoding
- mb_detect_order - Set/Get character encoding detection order
- mb_encode_mimeheader - Encode string for MIME header
- mb_encode_numericentity - Encode character to HTML numeric string reference
- mb_get_info - Get internal settings of mbstring
- mb_http_input - Detect HTTP input character encoding
- mb_http_output - Set/Get HTTP output character encoding
- mb_internal_encoding - Set/Get internal character encoding
- mb_language - Set/Get current language
- mb_list_encodings_alias_names - Returns an array of all supported alias encodings
- mb_list_encodings - Returns an array of all supported encodings
- mb_list_mime_names - Returns an array or string of all supported mime names
- mb_output_handler - Callback function converts character encoding in output buffer
- mb_parse_str - Parse GET/POST/COOKIE data and set global variable
- mb_preferred_mime_name - Get MIME charset string
- mb_send_mail - Send encoded mail
- mb_strcut - Get part of string
- mb_strimwidth - Get truncated string with specified width
- mb_stripos - Finds position of first occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive
- mb_stristr - Finds first occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive
- mb_strlen - Get string length
- mb_strpos - Find position of first occurrence of string in a string
- mb_strrchr - Finds the last occurrence of a character in a string within another
- mb_strrichr - Finds the last occurrence of a character in a string within another, case insensitive
- mb_strripos - Finds position of last occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive
- mb_strrpos - Find position of last occurrence of a string in a string
- mb_strstr - Finds first occurrence of a string within another
- mb_substitute_character - Set/Get substitution character
- mb_substr_count - Count the number of substring occurrences
- mb_substr - Get part of string
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
php_mbstring.dll - Multibyte String Extension
mb_strlen() - Counting Multibyte Characters
►List of Multibyte String Functions
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
Chinese Text Encoding Conversion and Corruptions
Archived Tutorials
References
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