Chinese Web Sites Using PHP - v2.24, by Herong Yang
Chinese Web Sites Using PHP
https://www.herongyang.com/PHP-Chinese
Copyright © 2005-2024 Herong Yang. All rights reserved.
This PHP tutorial book is a collection of tutorial notes and sample codes on building Chinese Web sites with PHP scripts and MySQL Server. The concepts presented can also be applied to other server side scripting languages and database servers. Topics include installing PHP, Apache Web Server and MySQL server; Creating dynamic Web pages with PHP scripts; Connecting to MySQL Server from PHP scripts; Creating database columns with different Chinese character sets/encodings; Transferring Chinese text from and to database in specific encoding; Displaying Chinese text in Web pages; Collecting Chinese text in Web input forms. Updated in 2024 (Version v2.24): Updated with PHP 7 and minor changes.
Table of Contents
PHP Installation on Windows Systems
Download and Install PHP 7.3.0 on Windows
Integrating PHP with Apache Web Server
Downloading Apache 2.4.37 Binary for Windows
Installing Apache 2.4.37 on Windows Systems
Publishing HTML Documents as Web Pages
Configuring Apache for PHP CGI Scripts
Publishing PHP Scripts as Web Pages
Permission Error on php-cgi.exe
charset="*" - Encodings on Chinese Web Pages
Chinese Character Set Encoding Options
Chinese Web Pages with UTF-8 Encoding
Chinese Web Pages with GB18030 Encoding
Chinese Web Pages with Big5 Encoding
UTF-8 Encoding Pages with GB18030 Characters
Chinese Characters in PHP String Literals
String Data Type, Literals and Functions
Chinese Character String with UTF-8 Encoding
Chinese Character String with GB18030 Encoding Error
Chinese Character String with GB18030 Encoding
Chinese Character String with Big5 Encoding
UTF-8 Encoding Pages with Big5 Characters
Multibyte String Functions in UTF-8 Encoding
php_mbstring.dll - Multibyte String Extension
mb_strlen() - Counting Multibyte Characters
List of Multibyte String Functions
Input Text Data from Web Forms
Processing Web Form Input in ASCII
Processing Web Form Input in Latin1 Encoding Error
Processing Web Form Input in Latin1
Entering Latin1 Characters with Alt Keycodes
Testing Latin1 Alt Keycodes with IE
Processing Web Form Input in UTF-8
Outputting Form Default Input Text in UTF-8
Testing Alt Keycodes with IE on a UTF-8 Web Page
Input Chinese Text Data from Web Forms
Processing Chinese Input on Web Forms in UTF-8
Processing Chinese Input on Web Forms in GB18030
Processing Chinese Input on Web Forms in Big5
Copying and Pasting Chinese Input to UTF-8 Web Forms
Copying and Pasting Chinese Input to GB18030 Web Forms
Copying and Pasting Chinese Input to Big5 Web Forms
MySQL - Installation on Windows
MySQL 8.0 Download, Installation and Start
Creating Database and User with MySQL Monitor
Creating a Test Table - Comment
MySQL - Connecting PHP to Database
MySQL - Character Set and Encoding
Specifying Character Set for Text Columns
Creating a Table with Multiple Character Sets
Checking Character Set Setting
Storing ASCII Characters in Non-ASCII Columns
Storing Non-ASCII Characters with Encoded Bytes
Transmitting Non-ASCII Characters between PHP and MySQL
Viewing Character Set Variables
Non-ASCII Test Result Analysis
Fetching Non-ASCII Text from MySQL
MySQL - Sending Non-ASCII Text to MySQL
Retrieving Chinese Text from Database to Web Pages
Input Chinese Text Data to MySQL Database
Steps and Application Components Involved
Inputting Chinese Text to MySQL Database in UTF-8
Inputting Chinese Text to MySQL Database in GBK
Inputting Chinese Text to MySQL Database in Big5
Chinese Text Encoding Conversion and Corruptions
Detect System Default Encoding
Root Cause of Corrupted Chinese Text
Corrupted Chinese File Name with Un-ZIP
Generate 8-Bit Encoding Tables
Restore Corrupted Chinese Text
Encoding-Convertor.php - Encoding Conversion Test
Archived: Download and Install PHP 5.2.2 on Windows
Archived: Downloading Apache 2.2.4 Binary for Windows
Archived: Installing Apache 2.2.4 on Windows Systems
Archived: MySQL 5.0 Download, Installation and Start
Archived: php_mysql.dll - Configuring PHP to Use MySQL Extension
Archived: Commonly Used php_mysql.dll Functions
Archived: mysql_connect() - Creating MySQL Connections
Archived: Character Set Variables on MySQL 5
Archived: Non-ASCII Test Analysis on MySQL 5
Archived: Fetching Non-ASCII Text from MySQL 5
Archived: Sending Text in Latin1 Encoding to MySQL 5
Keywords: PHP, Web, Chinese, Character Set, Encoding, GB2312, GB18030, Big5, UTF-8, MySQL, Apache