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:Author: 		Kore Nordmann
:Date:			Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:18:45 +0100
:Revision: 		1
:Copyright:		CC by-sa


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Does accept_charset help in HTML forms?
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:Description:
  The accept-charset attribute allows you to specify the encoding the server
  should receive the HTML form contents in. Does that help maintaining a
  consistent encoding in your web application?

The `accept-charset attribute`__ allows you to specify the encoding the server
should receive the HTML form contents in. Does that help maintaining a
consistent encoding in your web application?

Short answer: No.

I already covered that topic in my last talk about charsets and encodings on
the last International PHP Conference and now `documented it in my charset
encoding FAQ`__. Find the longer answer to this question there__.

__ http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#adef-accept-charset
__ http://kore-nordmann.de/blog/php_charset_encoding_FAQ.html#does-accept-charset-help-in-html-forms
__ http://kore-nordmann.de/blog/php_charset_encoding_FAQ.html#does-accept-charset-help-in-html-forms



Trackbacks
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- Charset vs. Encoding on Sun, 24 May 2009 12:55:43 +0200 in Kore Nordmann - PHP / Projects / Politics
  
  One of the most common errors when dealing with strings is to confuse
  charset with encoding - and I do understand that very well. So how could
  that happen?


Comments
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- Maarten at Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:07:38 +0100

  So,nice to know, but what if the page is set to utf-8, can you then be
  certain content entered is always utf-8, and same for other encodings? I
  seem to recall some browsers sending whatever their own setting is. There is
  also ofcourse the other browsers that are outside of your testing set.

- Maarten at Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:09:25 +0100

  sorry, found this in your FAQ now... "Which charset does $client send?"

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