Re: Unicode Support for PHP5

On Mar 17, 10:19 pm, Michael Fesser wrote:
> .oO(Roberto)
>
> >When will PHP get Unicode support for PHP5?
>
> Native Unicode support will come with PHP 6.
>
> >I realize that English is
> >what everyone speaks when they want to do business, but I potentially
> >could be not getting clients for my freelancing work simply because I
> >program in PHP and PHP doesn't support their character set. This
> >problem has been known for awhile now, mentioned in lots of forums and
> >recently gotten major exposure from the popular Joel On Software blog.
>
> What exactly is your problem? I already use Unicode (UTF-8) for quite a
> while without any trouble. You just have to know the limitations in PHP
> 5 and how to work around them. Some more details might help.
>
> Micha

Sorry to respond so late, Micha. Been away. I just wanted to say that
every time I brag on social bookmarking sites that I like PHP over
other languages, I get two black eyes by guys who love Python, .NET,
Java, Scheme, and Ruby. And then Joel on Software adds to this as he
became a fan of PHP for many years and then dropped them over the
Unicode thing. So, I wanted to be able to go back with ammo to say
that my language was looking to be competitive with other languages.

Not that I have any Unicode needs at the present moment. However, as I
am a PHP freelancer, I do wish to pick up an occasional foreign client
where this may come into play.