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Apr 27, 2009, 6:28 AM

nir

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Apr 27, 2009, 6:28 AM

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convert charset

Is there a global that can convert windows-1255 to utf-8

Apr 27, 2009, 6:40 AM

Andy

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Apr 27, 2009, 6:40 AM

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Untested - but try:

convert_to_utf8

Code:
sub { 

      use Unicode::MapUTF8 qw(to_utf8 from_utf8 utf8_supported_charset);  

      my $val = $_[0]; 
      if ($val =~ /[\200-\377]/) {  
         $val =~  s/([\200-\377]+)/from_utf8({ -string => $1, -charset => 'ISO-8859-1'})/eg;  
      } 

      return $val; 

}

..call with:

<%convert_to_utf8($Description)%>

(you may have to play around with the ISO-8859-1 bit, to fit your needs - as this is from my DMOZ_Wizard plugin)

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Andy: Apr 27, 2009, 7:51 AM

Apr 27, 2009, 6:55 AM

nir

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Apr 27, 2009, 6:55 AM

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Thanks
What I need to install on the server so the MapUTF8 will work.

Apr 27, 2009, 6:56 AM

Andy

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Apr 27, 2009, 6:56 AM

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You need to instal Unicode::MapUTF8

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Apr 27, 2009, 7:51 AM

nir

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Apr 27, 2009, 7:51 AM

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I get this error
Global symbol "$val" requires explicit package name at (eval 34) line
I insert my $val; but than I didn’t get anything at all

Apr 27, 2009, 7:52 AM

Andy

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Apr 27, 2009, 7:52 AM

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Sorry, my fault - please try the edited version above.

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Apr 27, 2009, 8:17 AM

nir

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Apr 27, 2009, 8:17 AM

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Thanks Again,
It don’t convert the windows-1255 to UTF-8, it just get something like this
10% , , , . . , , . " - , - 2.5 . , 2,500 . 30% , 25% 6 , 25% 12 20% . , 70% . , , , " . , 3.5 35 . ,

Do you have and idea

Apr 27, 2009, 8:20 AM

Andy

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Apr 27, 2009, 8:20 AM

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Sorry - really busy. Will try and have a look at it some other time :(

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