Using PHPObject (MultiByte Characters)

As of v1.45, multibyte characters encoded in UTF8 will work correctly with PHPObject.  However, support for multibyte characters is not enabled by default - you need to make some changes (as specified below).  Note that multibyte characters support increases the message sizes quite significantly - do not enable it unless you really need to!


Server
To enable support for multibyte characters, you need to set the $cfg['multiByte'] in config.php to 'true'.  Remember that the config.php file should be in the same directory as Gateway.php.  No other changes or installation of plugin is required.


Flash/Actionscript
In Flash, before declaring the PHPObject, add the following statement:
Serializer.enableMultiByte = true;

Example:
(Actionscript 1.0)
#include "PHPObject.as"
_global.defaultGatewayUrl = "http://mydomain.com/services/Gateway.php";
_global.defaultGatewayKey = "secret";
Serializer.enableMultiByte = true;

(Actionscript 2.0)
import com.ghostwire.phpobject.*
PHPObject.defaultGatewayUrl = "http://mydomain.com/services/Gateway.php";
PHPObject.defaultGatewayKey = "secret";
PHPObject.enableMultiByte = true;
// notice that we set the defaults at the PHPObject class level instead of global level
// and the enableMultiByte is set at the PHPObject class level as well


Content
Remember that you need to UTF8-encode your content.  If the multibyte characters originate from the Flash-end, it is already UTF8 encoded (by Flash).  If the text originates from the server, a database, or a text file, make sure it is UTF8-encoded.

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