MasterHans · October 21, 2016 11:05
diff --git a/PHP. Work with UTF-8 b/PHP. Work with UTF-8
 1. UTF-8 at the PHP level

 mb_strpos() and mb_strlen()
 
 mb_internal_encoding() 

 the mb_http_output() 
 
 
 <?php
 // Tell PHP that we're using UTF-8 strings until the end of the script
 mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
 
 // Tell PHP that we'll be outputting UTF-8 to the browser
 mb_http_output('UTF-8');
 
 // Our UTF-8 test string
 $string = 'Êl síla erin lû e-govaned vîn.';
 
 // Transform the string in some way with a multibyte function
 // Note how we cut the string at a non-Ascii character for demonstration purposes
 $string = mb_substr($string, 0, 15);
 
 // Connect to a database to store the transformed string
 // See the PDO example in this document for more information
 // Note that we define the character set as utf8mb4 in the PDO connection string
 $link = new \PDO(   'mysql:host=your-hostname;dbname=your-db;charset=utf8mb4',
                    'your-username',
                    'your-password',
                    array(
                        \PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => \PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
                        \PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => false
                    )
                );
 
 // Store our transformed string as UTF-8 in our database
 // Your DB and tables are in the utf8mb4 character set and collation, right?
 $handle = $link->prepare('insert into ElvishSentences (Id, Body) values (?, ?)');
 $handle->bindValue(1, 1, PDO::PARAM_INT);
 $handle->bindValue(2, $string);
 $handle->execute();
 
 // Retrieve the string we just stored to prove it was stored correctly
 $handle = $link->prepare('select * from ElvishSentences where Id = ?');
 $handle->bindValue(1, 1, PDO::PARAM_INT);
 $handle->execute();
 
 // Store the result into an object that we'll output later in our HTML
 $result = $handle->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
 ?><!doctype html>
 <html>
    <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
        <title>UTF-8 test page</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <?php
        foreach($result as $row){
            print($row->Body);  // This should correctly output our transformed UTF-8 string to the browser
        }
        ?>
    </body>
 </html>


 2. Composer:
 patchwork/utf8
	1. UTF-8 at the PHP level

	mb_strpos() and mb_strlen()

	mb_internal_encoding()

	the mb_http_output()


	<?php
	// Tell PHP that we're using UTF-8 strings until the end of the script
	mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');

	// Tell PHP that we'll be outputting UTF-8 to the browser
	mb_http_output('UTF-8');

	// Our UTF-8 test string
	$string = 'Êl síla erin lû e-govaned vîn.';

	// Transform the string in some way with a multibyte function
	// Note how we cut the string at a non-Ascii character for demonstration purposes
	$string = mb_substr($string, 0, 15);

	// Connect to a database to store the transformed string
	// See the PDO example in this document for more information
	// Note that we define the character set as utf8mb4 in the PDO connection string
	$link = new \PDO( 'mysql:host=your-hostname;dbname=your-db;charset=utf8mb4',
	'your-username',
	'your-password',
	array(
	\PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => \PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
	\PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => false
	)
	);

	// Store our transformed string as UTF-8 in our database
	// Your DB and tables are in the utf8mb4 character set and collation, right?
	$handle = $link->prepare('insert into ElvishSentences (Id, Body) values (?, ?)');
	$handle->bindValue(1, 1, PDO::PARAM_INT);
	$handle->bindValue(2, $string);
	$handle->execute();

	// Retrieve the string we just stored to prove it was stored correctly
	$handle = $link->prepare('select * from ElvishSentences where Id = ?');
	$handle->bindValue(1, 1, PDO::PARAM_INT);
	$handle->execute();

	// Store the result into an object that we'll output later in our HTML
	$result = $handle->fetchAll(\PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
	?><!doctype html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<meta charset="UTF-8" />
	<title>UTF-8 test page</title>
	</head>
	<body>
	<?php
	foreach($result as $row){
	print($row->Body); // This should correctly output our transformed UTF-8 string to the browser
	}
	?>
	</body>
	</html>


	2. Composer:
	patchwork/utf8