How can i change the Default encode on the Apache Pages ??
Juda Barnes
each time i loading a page i have to change the encoding for that page to
Hebrew Windows or Hebrew Iso Logical
where can i set in the apache a default coding for a page or somethng like that
i have asked on the phpBB forums and it seems to be problem with tha apache
sincerly
juda barnes
Andreas Paasch
Actually, it's not a server issue.
Apache can run every possible combination of website encodings .. it's a
matter of webpage encoding.
Apache can have another default setting, but not in a way that may work as
you seem to want. www.apache.org can tell you more.
What you seem to need is
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
set in your <head></head> of your webpage. Of course with the correct
charset.
Sounded to me that this is what you need ....
HTH,
/Andreas
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Alan J. Flavell
[quotes the entire posting - always a worrying sign on usenet]
> Actually, it's not a server issue.
Certainly it is. You appear to be unfamiliar with RFC2616.
> Apache can have another default setting, but not in a way that may work as
> you seem to want. www.apache.org can tell you more.
If you want to know about server settings, you'd look at
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/ (or the corresponding 2.0
documentation), I'd suggest looking at AddCharset and related
directives.
However, the questioner was asking specifically about PHP-generated
pages. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php documents
PHP's function for preparing appropriate header(s). The charset
obviously goes on the Content-type header. Pay attention to the
caution:
| Remember that header() must be called before any actual output is
| sent, either by normal HTML tags, blank lines in a file, or from PHP.
> What you seem to need is
>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
>
> set in your <head></head> of your webpage.
Since, according to RFC2616, the real HTTP-protocol charset takes
precedence over anything set by meta http-equiv, I don't think this
ersatz method is a good choice. Plus it's going to cause extra
problems of compatibility if/when you move to XHTML (check XHTML/1.0
Appendix C for advice).
And of course iso-8859-1 isn't Hebrew, but I'm sure the questioner
realised that.
good luck
Andreas Paasch
> Certainly it is. You appear to be unfamiliar with RFC2616.
You are truly right about this. I stand corrected.
>
> If you want to know about server settings, you'd look at
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/ (or the corresponding 2.0
> documentation), I'd suggest looking at AddCharset and related
> directives.
I second that, was what I meant at least.
>
> However, the questioner was asking specifically about PHP-generated
> pages. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php documents
> PHP's function for preparing appropriate header(s). The charset
> obviously goes on the Content-type header. Pay attention to the
> caution:
Misread, lost the php part.
>
> And of course iso-8859-1 isn't Hebrew, but I'm sure the questioner
> realised that.
>
Guess we all knew this one.
Once again I learn more .. wonderful world :-)