Re^2: substr + utf

Made several tests before posting - at least on my PC it works with utf8 symbols as if it is 2 chars.
Maybe it depends on some OS settings?

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Re^3: substr + utf by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 18, 2005 at 16:28 UTC
Are you sure the string is actually unicode? I think you interpreted every byte of your input as a character instead of interpreting your input as a unicode string. I'm not sure how to convert from one to the other. Maybe it depends on some OS settings? I doubt it. Try the following code. `# $str = Approximation of "Eric" in Katakana. $str = "\x{30A8}\x{30FC}\x{30EA}\x{30AF}"; print(length($str), "\n"); # 4 $ch = substr($str, 0, 1); print(($ch eq "\x{30A8}" ? "equal" : "not equal"), "\n"); # equal` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: substr + utf
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 18, 2005 at 16:28 UTC

Are you sure the string is actually unicode? I think you interpreted every byte of your input as a character instead of interpreting your input as a unicode string. I'm not sure how to convert from one to the other.

Maybe it depends on some OS settings?

I doubt it. Try the following code.

# $str = Approximation of "Eric" in Katakana.
$str = "\x{30A8}\x{30FC}\x{30EA}\x{30AF}";
print(length($str), "\n");  # 4

$ch = substr($str, 0, 1);
print(($ch eq "\x{30A8}" ? "equal" : "not equal"), "\n");  # equal
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