[OpenIndiana-discuss] php iconv //TRANSLIT error

[Gordon Ross]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:27 AM, gerard henry <solarg87 at gmail.com> wrote:
> do you think that it is the same problem described here:
> http://woss.name/2008/10/16/edge-rails-pre-22-iconv-transliteration-and-solaris/

Yes.  Any code expecting to call iconv_open(3C) with a code set name
containing "//translit" and/or "//ignore" is depending non-standard features
of GNU iconv.  The iconv(3C) function provides ways for the caller to do
equivalent things (see the iconv error returns).  The calling code would be
more portable if modified to do its own handling of characters that can not
be converted (at least when linked with something other than GNU iconv).

Gordon