Can this be done? Please provide an solution overview
Background Information:
Entry form uses English input fields and one text area input field can be in any language (Chinese, Japanese, etc. 2 bytes character set, English single byte character set, would like to handle popular languages French, Spanish, Italian initially).
This is not simple since I visualize a problem and I am requesting a general solution outline. Form input will be place in a mysql db to further complicate matters.
Please note I am newbie to human languages programming in php and php.
Q1: When a user enters info in that foreign language/english field, can user see their input (Guess yes since they are using that language keyboard and input has not been processed).
English is default character set for form input fields. Prior to text area input, user select other language in selection box. From language selection box, we
request that language character set. After input of foreign language text area, program request English character set back for other data entries. Any fault in logic?
Post submit, PHP error check, write record but record can have 2 languages, and db can have other languages due to that text area.
Handle two languages. Also, db charaset is define as English.. Concern one byte and two byte characters language sets defeating htmlspecialchars() and mysql_real_escape_string() due to my in-adept coding? Have to ask for security,security,security important.
Hello moderator, for u author one of the books I read. In C, my friend had c library of routines. Since PhP is open source and reusable, I am sure such a library exist but where to find. In web development, we always need a login module, form validation module, general modules that all development web programmers need.
I am not talking about gerneral PHP function library like trim(), isnumeric etc. Nor am I talking going hotscript, monkey something and searching through sites for source code. I am tired of searching and studying, time to code and asking if their is even a paid library, good coding and practises. Did not look at dreamweaver development tool but do they have? Zend creator of many tools, might have? Suggestion please and tx for looking at my two inquires.
