UTF-8 Email with links

[kamlai]

Hi all,

I have an email in utf-8 encoding. In the content of the email, I need
to send a link in which the filename is in utf-8 string...just like
this..

$content = "<a href=\"http://xxxxxx/".$filename."\"">Link to file</a>";

however, the link can not be correctly passsed and it automatically
encodes it into %xx format. How to solve the problem?

I've tried urlencode($filename) and urldecode($filename) but cannot fix
the problem... Need Help~Thx

[John Dunlop]

kamlai wrote:

I have an email in utf-8 encoding. In the content of the email, I need
to send a link in which the filename is in utf-8 string...just like
this..

$content = "<a href=\"http://xxxxxx/".$filename."\"">Link to file</a>";

however, the link can not be correctly passsed and it automatically
encodes it into %xx format. How to solve the problem?
Maybe they do get across as-is, just like the same characters outwith
URLs would, but your MUA percent-encodes raw non-US-ASCIIs in anything it
considers a URL?
I've tried urlencode($filename) and urldecode($filename) but cannot fix
the problem...

Have you thought of percent-encoding them yourself *before* sending the
e-mail? or, sorry, is that what you're saying you've tried?

--
Jock

[Tim Roberts]

ka****@gmail.com wrote:

I have an email in utf-8 encoding. In the content of the email, I need
to send a link in which the filename is in utf-8 string...just like
this..

$content = "<a href=\"http://xxxxxx/".$filename."\"">Link to file</a>";

however, the link can not be correctly passsed and it automatically
encodes it into %xx format. How to solve the problem?
You allow it to encode into the %xx format. URLs are not supposed to
contain any characters outside of 20 - 7F.
I've tried urlencode($filename) and urldecode($filename) but cannot fix
the problem...

What operating system are you using? Are you sure the operating system
allows utf-8 filenames?
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- Tim Roberts, ti**@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.