How to encode a PHP script

1. What is encode in PHP?
2. How do I save a UTF 8 file in PHP?
3. Does PHP support Unicode?
4. How do I encode an UTF 8 file?
5. How do I encode a URL?
6. Is Base64 encoded PHP?
7. What is the difference between UTF-8 and UTF-8?
8. How do I change from Notepad to UTF-8?
9. What is UTF without BOM?
10. What Unicode means?
11. Who invented UTF-8?
12. What encoding does MySQL use?

What is encode in PHP?

The base64_encode() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to Encodes data with MIME base64. ... The base64_encoded data takes 33% more space then original data. Syntax: string base64_encode( $data ) Parameters: This function accepts single parameter $data which is mandatory.

How do I save a UTF 8 file in PHP?

To make sure your PHP files do not have the BOM, follow these steps:

1. Download and install this powerful free text editor: Notepad++
2. Open the file you want to verify/fix in Notepad++
3. In the top menu select Encoding > Convert to UTF-8 (option without BOM)
4. Save the file.

Does PHP support Unicode?

So PHP does have Unicode support. It is just that "native strings" are not Unicode based.

How do I encode an UTF 8 file?

The steps are as given below:

1. Open the file with TextEdit.
2. Navigate to Format > Make Plain Text. A screenshot of the menu is as shown below: ...
3. Next, navigate to File > Save. It is shown as below: ...
4. From the Plain Text Encoding drop-down list, select Unicode(UTF-8).
5. Finally, click Save to save the file.

How do I encode a URL?

URL Encoding (Percent Encoding)

URLs can only be sent over the Internet using the ASCII character-set. Since URLs often contain characters outside the ASCII set, the URL has to be converted into a valid ASCII format. URL encoding replaces unsafe ASCII characters with a "%" followed by two hexadecimal digits.

Is Base64 encoded PHP?

Base64 Functions in PHP

The base64_encode function allows you to encode data in the MIME Base64 format. On the other hand, the base64_decode function is used to decode the MIME Base64-encoded data.

What is the difference between UTF-8 and UTF-8?

Short answer: In UTF-8, a BOM is encoded as the bytes EF BB BF at the beginning of the file. ... The character U+FFFE is permanently unassigned so that its presence can be used to detect the wrong byte order. UTF-8 has the same byte order regardless of platform endianness, so a byte order mark isn't needed.

How do I change from Notepad to UTF-8?

Re: Notepad Default encoding UTF8 Windows 10 Version 1903

1. Right click on Desktop, then choose New > Text Document.
2. A text file New Text Document. ...
3. Go to File > Save As... and choose UTF-8 under Encoding:, press Save and overwrite the existing file. ...
4. Rename New Text Document. ...
5. Copy "TXTUTF-8.

What is UTF without BOM?

The UTF-8 encoding without a BOM has the property that a document which contains only characters from the US-ASCII range is encoded byte-for-byte the same way as the same document encoded using the US-ASCII encoding. Such a document can be processed and understood when encoded either as UTF-8 or as US-ASCII.

What Unicode means?

Unicode is a universal character encoding standard that assigns a code to every character and symbol in every language in the world. Since no other encoding standard supports all languages, Unicode is the only encoding standard that ensures that you can retrieve or combine data using any combination of languages.

Who invented UTF-8?

UTF-8 was invented by Ken Thompson on September 2, 1992 on a placemat in a New Jersey diner with Rob Pike. The day after, Pike and Thompson implemented it and updated their Plan 9 operating system to use it throughout. I had no idea that the Bell Labs superheroes were behind it!

What encoding does MySQL use?

Although MySQL supports the UTF-8 character encoding set, it is often not used as the default character set during database and table creation. As a result, many databases use the Latin character set, which can be limiting depending upon the application.