I did some easy xml parsing on the last.fm[1] recent tracklist.
I do read in all the tracks and output them encoded with htmlentities().
A lot of german special chars like the Ä (Ä) are transfered to
strange followings of an A with any sort of available accent. But it
isn't replaced by Ä
The xml file does not contain any character encoding information, so how
could I tell htmlentities(), there might be some character in the
string, which might be a german special char.
I never encountered any problems when writing htmlentities('Ähre'); or
$var = 'Ähre';
htmlentities($var);
but only if I take the strings out of the xml file.
If I output the whole xml file all characters are shown as they are
supposed to, only if i do the encoding by htmlentities() I get those
weird accented letters.
any suggestions how to fix this?
thanks,
Norbert
PS: code and link to the output page can be given if needed.
[1] www.last.fm
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
