Comments on: Encoding – Getting Those Strange Characters to Behave

By: Michael Plikk

Michael Plikk — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:55:41 +0000

Thanks for your comment Troelskn.

I see now that I was a bit vague at that point in the post, but I’ve clarified it now.

By: troelskn

troelskn — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:56:38 +0000

Note that specifying the encoding in a tag is not really a useful alternative; A browser will always put priority on the http-header, so it will usually not read the tag. Even if you don’t explicitly send a header from php, the web server may be configured to send a default value.

The only situation where the tag matters, is if people download the page and view it offline. It won’t hurt to have it, but you also need to send the proper header.

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