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<th> [https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_encodeURIComponent.asp JavaScript encodeURIComponent() | <th> [https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_encodeURIComponent.asp JavaScript encodeURIComponent()] <br />↔<br /> [http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_decodeuricomponent.asp JavaScript decodeURIComponent()]<ref>[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9901027/how-to-encode-url-contains-unicode-characters-with-php urlencode - How to Encode URL Contains Unicode Characters with PHP - Stack Overflow]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:34, 15 September 2017
Ideas on how to fix garbled message text
- Possible cause
- Encoding issue: Choose the correct the language/encode of message text or auto detect the encode by tools
- PHP utf8_encode() & utf8_decode()
- (optional) convert the current encode to UTF-8
- (optional) Making text wrap to window size
Possible approaches to encode the message text:
Approach | Goal | Is Chinese text garbled/encoded? | Sample text before encoded or after encoded |
---|---|---|---|
JavaScript encodeURIComponent() ↔ JavaScript decodeURIComponent()[1] |
"converts characters into a format that can be transmitted over the Internet ... " Cited from w3schools | TRUE |
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URL Decoder/Encoder[2] | (same as above) | TRUE | (same as above) |
PHP: json_encode ↔ PHP: json_decode |
Save array in mysql database | TRUE |
|
PHP: serialize ↔ PHP: unserialize |
Save array in mysql database | FALSE |
|
PHP: htmlentities[1] ↔ PHP: html_entity_decode |
Replace reserved characters e.g. double quote symbol | FALSE |
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Other functions
Ways to fix garbled message text
ConvertZ v.8.02
- choose encode: manually (mainly in Asia language)
- convert to UTF-8: available
- convert to big5 from UTF-8: available the wording may be changed by the software ex: 余美人 -> 於美人
- allow to wrap long text: available
EmEditor v.14.3.1 ($)
- choose encode: manually and auto-detect
- convert to UTF-8: available
- allow to wrap long text: available
- support command line: EmEditor FAQ: How can I convert file encodings with the command line?
Google Chrome v.10 (viewer)
- choose encode: manually and auto-detect
- allow to wrap long text: available (auto)
MadEdit v.0.2.9.1
- choose encode: manually and auto-detect
- convert to UTF-8: available
- allow to wrap long text: available
Microsoft Internet Explorer v.8 (viewer)
- choose encode: manually and auto-detect
- allow to wrap long text:
Microsoft notepad (記事本) for Windows
method 1: Err: 解決用記事本(notepad)開啟簡體字txt檔,出現亂碼的問題(2010): notepad + Notepad++
- choose encode: manually
- convert to UTF-8: available by Notepad++
- allow to wrap long text: available
method 2: Microsoft AppLocale 公用程式(patched: piaip pAppLocale) + notepad
- choose encode: manually
- convert to UTF-8: not available
- allow to wrap long text: available
Microsoft Office Word 2003 ($)
- choose encode: manually
- convert to UTF-8: available
- allow to wrap long text: available
Mozilla Firefox v.3.6 (viewer)
- choose encode: manually and auto-detect
- allow to wrap long text: no but you can copy the following code into the web address bar to wrap long text (Thanks, Return of the Sasquatch: word wrap for Firefox bookmarklet!)
javascript:(function() { var D = document; F(D.body); function F(n) { var u, r, c, x; if (n.nodeType == 3) { u = n.data.search(/\S{45}/); if (u >= 0) { r = n.splitText(u + 45); n.parentNode.insertBefore(D.createElement('wbr'), r); } } else if ((n.tagName != 'STYLE') && (n.tagName != 'SCRIPT')) { for (c = 0; x = n.childNodes[c]; ++c) { F(x); } } } D.body.innerHTML += ' '; })();
Notepad++ v.5.8
- choose encode: manually
- convert to UTF-8: available
- allow to wrap long text: available
not supported at this moment
- LibreOffice 3.3.0 - Writer
- OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 - Writer is not supported but OpenOffice.org Calc is supported.
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