On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 11:51 +0800, Guus Ellenkamp wrote: > I would like if you stick to the original issue: can a PHP source file be in > utf-8. It's not about the output, that is properly supported. > > Think it would be a good idea anyhow that PHP would support utf-8 source > files as it seems utf-8 is going to be the de-facto standard for text files > anyhow. > > "Ashley Sheridan" <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:1274988834.2202.285.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 15:28 -0400, Bob McConnell wrote: > > > >> From: tedd > >> > >> > The Unicode database uses the same lower > >> > character values (i.e., "code points") as does > >> > ASCII, namely 0-127, and thus UFT-8 (8-bit > >> > variable width encoding) is really a super-set > >> > which includes the sub-set of ASCII. > >> > > >> > The "Wingdings" font that Ash refers to is the > >> > really the "Dingbat" char set in Unicode, as > >> > shown here: > >> > > >> > The use of UFT-8 encoding in everything (web and > >> > php) should present much less problems globally > >> > than it is trying to fight it. > >> > >> Thanks tedd, > >> > >> The real question is whether unicode is even relevant now that the UTF > >> series is available. I see no reason to have to deal with two competing > >> "specifications", when one of them is more than adequate for the job and > >> the other is not even finished yet. That's like the old days when a few > >> users demanded we support both ASCII and EBCDIC. That didn't get very > >> far either. > >> > >> Bob McConnell > >> > > > > > > Bob, UTF is unicode (Unicode Transformation Format) > > > > Interesting enough to note, and not sure if Tedd knows this or not (he > > probably does!) but Chrome has a nice feature for those punycode URLs; > > it suggests the actual real URL instead once you type the domain in. Not > > sure about Safari right now, couldn't be bothered to fire up a VM just > > to check. I would assume Firefox handles these URLs well enough too. > > > > Tedd, does that URL actually go anywhere, as I got nothing when I tried > > visiting it, both the actual URL and the punycode version. > > > > Thanks, > > Ash > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > Yes is the quick answer. There's no better way than to try it yourself. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
