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Sample Code 172: How to display non English characters in php gtk2 - Part 2 - traditional Chinese on windows?
Written by kksou   
Sunday, 18 February 2007
Problem

You want to display traditional Chinese characters in php-gtk2 on windows as shown below:

How to display non English characters in php gtk2 - Part 2 - traditional Chinese on windows?


Solution
  1. Open php.ini (located in the folder where you installed php-gtk2).
  2. Scroll to the bottom. Most likely you will see one big chunk of text like this.
  3. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; PHP-GTK extensions ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Extensions written for PHP-GTK are in the format php_gtk_*.dll (Windows) or ;php_gtk_*.so (Unix), written here as a comma-separated list. The library ; files need to be in the same directory as the PHP-GTK library, along with; any other PHP extensions you are using. php-gtk.extensions = php_gtk_libglade2.dll ;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Code Page ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; The string variables used for titles and other text values in GTK+ are; encoded in UTF-8 internally. A code page is needed so that PHP-GTK 'knows'; which character set is being used, and can convert it to UTF-8 as necessary.; If your environment uses UTF-8 already, you can set the codepage directive ; to UTF-8 to skip the conversions.; The default codepage setting in PHP-GTK 2 is ISO-8859-1, but you can also; use either OEM (e.g. 850) or Windows Code Pages (e.g. CP1250) here, so; long as the encoding format you choose is capable of iconv conversion. See; http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/cphome.mspx for a list of; the code pages and character sets that are supported on Windows systems.php-gtk.codepage = CP1250

    ; Local Variables:
    ; tab-width: 4
    ; End:

  4. Replace that chunk of text with the following:
  5. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;
    ; Code Page ;
    ;;;;;;;;;;;;;

    ; Chinese traditional
    php-gtk.codepage = CP936

    ; note: if CP936 doesn't work, try CP950

  6. If you are running traditional Chinese windows, you are all set. If you are running English windows, go to Control Panel - Regional and Language Options. Click on the Advanced Tab and make sure the Chinese language (traditional) is installed.

Sample Code
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<?php
$window = new GtkWindow();
$window->set_size_request(240, 120);
$window->connect_simple('destroy', array('Gtk','main_quit'));

$label = new GtkLabel("php-gtk2 ÖÐÎÄï@ʾ"); // note 1
$label->modify_font(new PangoFontDescription('mingliu 12')); // note 2

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Explanation
  1. You can mix chinese characters freely with English characters.
  2. If you are displaying chinese characters on a chinese windows, you do not need this line. However, if you are using English windows, you need this line to display chinese characters correctly.

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