Re: [PHP-DEV] Multiple char encodings for site internationalzation From: Chuck Hagenbuch (chagenbu <email protected>)
Date: 08/04/99

Quoting Hironori Sato <satoh <email protected>>:

> Hmmm, instead of throwing large utf-8 table into PHP distribution, would it
> be nicer to have some sort of 'language module' for each language? If one
> needs Japanese support, use 'Japanese module', people in need of Russian
> can grab 'Russian module', and so on. Just an idea.

What about apps that have to deal with lots of encodings, and never know
which in advance? Eg, webmail - you want to be able to display multiple
charsets in one email, if necessary, and you don't want to have to choose
which charsets your system will handle at php compile time...

-chuck 

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