//src - https://nabeel.molham.me/blog/php-best-practices-in-arabic/
<?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 = 'مصر';
// 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 countries (ID, name) 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 countries 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 right after php closing tag
?><!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>UTF-8 test page</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
foreach( $result as $row )
{
echo $row->name, '<br/>';
}
?>
</body>
</html>
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UTF8 Encoding … you, uh, you, uh
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