Encoding problem with alert popup (please help) !

**winpeace** · 07-18-2008, 03:00 PM

I am using turkish character my site.(ISO 8859-9) The forms characters appears correctly.But alert popups character set not appears correctly.

It is a english form and I transtlate words like this to turkish;

Code:

DEFINE( "ADSMANAGER_FORM_AD_TEXT", "A&ccedil;ıklama");
DEFINE( "ADSMANAGER_FORM_KINDOF", "G&ouml;nderi Şekli");

and the codes...

Code:

	<script type="text/javascript"><!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
		function submitbutton(mfrm) {
			var me = mfrm.elements;
			var r = new RegExp("[\<|\>|\"|\'|\%|\;|\(|\)|\&|\+|\-]", "i");
			var r_num = new RegExp("[^0-9\.,]", "i");
			var r_email = new RegExp("^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]{2,}[.][a-zA-Z]{2,3}$" ,"i");

			var errorMSG = '';
			var iserror=0;
			
			<?php 
			if (function_exists("loadEditFormCheck")){
				loadEditFormCheck($row);
			}
			?>
			
			if (mfrm.username && (r.exec(mfrm.username.value) || mfrm.username.value.length < 3)) {
				errorMSG += mfrm.username.getAttribute('mosLabel').replace('&nbsp;',' ') + ' : <?php echo addslashes(html_entity_decode(sprintf( ADSMANAGER_VALID_AZ09, ADSMANAGER_PROMPT_UNAME, 4 ),ENT_QUOTES)); ?>\n';
				mfrm.username.style.background = "red";
				iserror=1;
			} 
			if (mfrm.password && r.exec(mfrm.password.value)) {
				errorMSG += mfrm.password.getAttribute('mosLabel').replace('&nbsp;',' ') + ' : <?php echo addslashes(html_entity_decode(sprintf( ADSMANAGER_VALID_AZ09, ADSMANAGER_REGISTER_PASS, 6 ),ENT_QUOTES)); ?>\n';
				mfrm.password.style.background = "red";
				iserror=1;
			}
			
			if (mfrm.email && !r_email.exec(mfrm.email.value) && mfrm.email.getAttribute('mosReq')) {
				errorMSG += mfrm.email.getAttribute('mosLabel').replace('&nbsp;',' ') + ' : <?php echo html_entity_decode(addslashes(ADSMANAGER_REGWARN_MAIL),ENT_QUOTES); ?>\n';
				mfrm.email.style.background = "red";
				iserror=1;
			}
						
			// loop through all input elements in form
			for (var i=0; i < me.length; i++) {
			
				if ((me[i].getAttribute('test') == 'number' ) && (r_num.exec(me[i].value))) {
					errorMSG += me[i].getAttribute('mosLabel').replace('&nbsp;',' ') + ' : <?php echo html_entity_decode(addslashes(ADSMANAGER_REGWARN_NUMBER),ENT_QUOTES); ?>\n';
					iserror=1;
				}
				
				// check if element is mandatory; here mosReq="1"
				if (me[i].getAttribute('mosReq') == 1) {
					if (me[i].type == 'radio' || me[i].type == 'checkbox') {
						var rOptions = me[me[i].getAttribute('name')];
						var rChecked = 0;
						if(rOptions.length > 1) {
							for (var r=0; r < rOptions.length; r++) {
								if (rOptions[r].checked) {
									rChecked=1;
								}
							}
						} else {
							if (me[i].checked) {
								rChecked=1;
							}
						}
						if(rChecked==0) {
							// add up all error messages
							errorMSG += me[i].getAttribute('mosLabel').replace('&nbsp;',' ') + ' : <?php echo html_entity_decode(addslashes(ADSMANAGER_REGWARN_ERROR),ENT_QUOTES); ?>\n';
							// notify user by changing background color, in this case to red
							me[i].style.background = "red";
							iserror=1;
						} 
					}
					if (me[i].value == '') {
						// add up all error messages
						errorMSG += me[i].getAttribute('mosLabel').replace('&nbsp;',' ') + ' : <?php echo html_entity_decode(addslashes(ADSMANAGER_REGWARN_ERROR),ENT_QUOTES); ?>\n';
						// notify user by changing background color, in this case to red
						me[i].style.background = "red";
						iserror=1;
					} 
				}
			}
			
			if(iserror==1) {
				alert(errorMSG);
				return false;
			} else {
				return true;
			}
		}
		//--><!]]></script>

and problem picture

**jscheuer1** · 07-18-2008, 03:32 PM

Alerts will not use HTML named or numbered entities like:

Code:

&copy;

or:

Code:

&#350;

You need to find the hex value of the character and use it like so (for the copyright symbol which is hex a9):

Code:

\xa9

Example in an alert:

Code:

alert('\xa9');

You can also use four digit Unicode character codes, once again for copyright:

Code:

alert('\u00a9');

or for that other symbol (Ş):

Code:

alert('\u015e');

**winpeace** · 07-18-2008, 03:43 PM

Sorry but I don't understand
What am I write in language file
for example here
DEFINE( "ADSMANAGER_FORM_AD_TEXT", "Açıklama");

**jscheuer1** · 07-18-2008, 03:52 PM

You are going to need some Unicode character charts, there are several online, use Google to find them. For that particular character, it would be:

Code:

DEFINE( "ADSMANAGER_FORM_AD_TEXT", "A\u00e7ıklama");

If this is used in HTML as well as in alert though, there could be problems. You may have to separate the text used in alerts from that used in the markup if your code isn't already setup that way.

**winpeace** · 07-18-2008, 04:05 PM

not solved problem

language and php files in attachment.Please help.
Sorry my bad english

**jscheuer1** · 07-18-2008, 04:13 PM

This works here:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript">
alert('A\u00e7iklama');
</script>

I'll have to have a look at your code in more detail, as it apparently is messing this up. You might be able to just double the escape though:

Code:

DEFINE( "ADSMANAGER_FORM_AD_TEXT", "A\\u00e7ıklama");

**jscheuer1** · 07-18-2008, 04:16 PM

DEFINE() is not a function. I need to see your page:

Please post a link to the page on your site that contains the problematic code so we can check it out.

**winpeace** · 07-18-2008, 04:22 PM

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**jscheuer1** · 07-18-2008, 05:46 PM

Sorry, I didn't see your attached files. That's PHP (not something I'm real good at), not javascript.

What I told you about the alert in javascript is accurate. A javascript alert will not accept HTML entities. You must use hex or Unicode character escapes (as I've already explained) for any unusual characters in the alert.

If you need help arranging your server side code go to the PHP forum:

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/f...splay.php?f=11