I need a function or class to ensure that data sent from a form ( from anywhere in the world ) goes to the database in UTF-8 encoding.
I have tried, $string = iconv(mb_detect_encoding($text), "UTF-8", $text); but it has problems (if the entry is 'nation' it returns 'na').
I have tried $string = mb_convert_encoding($text, "UTF-8"); but also have problems return na
It has a library available that does this role without you having to be in doubt between which function of PHP to use to convert special character.
This
libraryworks only onPHPco_de>=
Click here to go to the repository in 5.3 .
Use as follows:
<?php
use \ForceUTF8\Encoding;
echo Encoding::toUTF8("nação");
# retorna: nação
echo Encoding::fixUTF8("nação");
# retorna: nação
[EDIT]
Or, as follows:
<?php
require_once "forceUTF8/Encoding.php";
echo \ForceUTF8\Encoding::fixUTF8("nação");
Or
<?php
require_once "forceUTF8/Encoding.php";
$utf8 = new Encoding;
echo $utf8::fixUTF8("nação");