Codeigniter 1.7.2 UTF-8 Edition

[eluser]Phil Sturgeon[/eluser]
Several of CodeIgniter's libraries do use the Multi-byte functions but only if they exist. E.g:

Code:

// Set the character encoding in MB.
        if (function_exists('mb_internal_encoding'))
        {
            mb_internal_encoding($this->CI->config->item('charset'));
        }

You are right Demedes, CodeIgniter probably could do with using them a little more, but as I said I have never really had an issue with UTF-8 characters in PyroCMS.

For example, I wouldn't expect a Cyrillic character to pass a-z (alpha in Form_validation) out of the box, because it is NOT abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyz and that to me seems fine.

Where have you guys been having your UTF-8 troubles? It is very possible I am just missing something.