RE: Query2XML & utf8 databases

Hi,

> Lukas Feiler wrote:
> 
> Hi Mickaël!
> 
> Please CC all mails to pear-devlists.php.net
> 
> Mickaël Guérin wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Lucas,
> > 
> > I'm a user of Query2XML and I'm experiencing some

> > difficulties : there's
> > no way to tell Query2XML if datas need to be
'utf8_encoded' or not.
> > Is it on your TODO list ?
> 
> If I'm understanding you correctly, you mean that the
data in 
> your database already is UTF-8-encoded and therefore 
> XML_Query2XML::_utf8encode() should not be called.
> There are two solutions to this problem (that all
require a 
> new release):
> 1) make XML_Query2XML::_utf8encode() protected (instead
of 
> private) so that it can be overwritten by sub-classes;
this 
> is OO style
> 2) create a new option named 'encoder' that can be
specified 
> on every level and allows you to overwrite the default
of 
> XML_Query2XML::_utf8encode() - this would work like 
> $options['mapper'] [1]
> 
> I prefer the second solution as it gives the developer
the 
> possibility to use different encoding functions for
different 
> levels, i.e. for different tables. What's your
opinion?
> 
> This has been sitting on my todo-list for quite some
time 
> now; so thanks for bringing it up!
> 
> > 
> > I've looked at the code, and the only consequence
of 
> > implementing such a
> > feature would be to remove the 'static' attribute
of some methods.
> > Let me know if you plan to implement this, else I
would patch 
> > Query2XML
> > (and send you a patch of course ;) ).
> > 
> > Mickaël.
> > 
> 

The new 'encoder' option introduced in the new release
v1.2.0 allows you to
handle UTF-8 databases.
Please see the manual [1] for further details on this. 
It's now also possible to use something else than UTF-8 for
XML encoding.
[2]

Cheers,
Lukas

[1]
http://query2xml.sf.net/docs/html/XM
L_Query2XML/tutorial_XML_Query2XML.pkg.h
tml#query2xml_getxml.options_encoder.disabling
[2]
http://query2xml.sf.net/docs/html/XM
L_Query2XML/tutorial_XML_Query2XML.pkg.h
tml#encoding

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Thanks a lot,

it works fine for me.


-- 
Mickaël.

Lukas Feiler wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   
>> Lukas Feiler wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mickaël!
>>
>> Please CC all mails to pear-devlists.php.net
>>
>> Mickaël Guérin wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Lucas,
>>>
>>> I'm a user of Query2XML and I'm experiencing
some 
>>> difficulties : there's
>>> no way to tell Query2XML if datas need to be
'utf8_encoded' or not.
>>> Is it on your TODO list ?
>>>       
>> If I'm understanding you correctly, you mean that
the data in 
>> your database already is UTF-8-encoded and
therefore 
>> XML_Query2XML::_utf8encode() should not be called.
>> There are two solutions to this problem (that all
require a 
>> new release):
>> 1) make XML_Query2XML::_utf8encode() protected
(instead of 
>> private) so that it can be overwritten by
sub-classes; this 
>> is OO style
>> 2) create a new option named 'encoder' that can be
specified 
>> on every level and allows you to overwrite the
default of 
>> XML_Query2XML::_utf8encode() - this would work like

>> $options['mapper'] [1]
>>
>> I prefer the second solution as it gives the
developer the 
>> possibility to use different encoding functions for
different 
>> levels, i.e. for different tables. What's your
opinion?
>>
>> This has been sitting on my todo-list for quite
some time 
>> now; so thanks for bringing it up!
>>
>>     
>>> I've looked at the code, and the only
consequence of 
>>> implementing such a
>>> feature would be to remove the 'static'
attribute of some methods.
>>> Let me know if you plan to implement this, else
I would patch 
>>> Query2XML
>>> (and send you a patch of course ;) ).
>>>
>>> Mickaël.
>>>
>>>       
>
> The new 'encoder' option introduced in the new release
v1.2.0 allows you to
> handle UTF-8 databases.
> Please see the manual [1] for further details on this.

> It's now also possible to use something else than UTF-8
for XML encoding.
> [2]
>
> Cheers,
> Lukas
>
> [1]
> http://query2xml.sf.net/docs/html/XM
L_Query2XML/tutorial_XML_Query2XML.pkg.h
> tml#query2xml_getxml.options_encoder.disabling
> [2]
> http://query2xml.sf.net/docs/html/XM
L_Query2XML/tutorial_XML_Query2XML.pkg.h
> tml#encoding
>
>   

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