How to write a paragraph in Arabic in html?

Question

Here is the code I use to write a paragraph in Arabic, but it does not work:

<p lang="ar" dir="rtl">....paragraph in Arabic.... </p>

this code displays ?????????

I use UTF-8 as the encoding type, and PSPad as editor.

Please do you have an idea about that?

do you have a link to your page? or show us your full html generated — Alex, Jan 31 '15 at 15:51
Please don't post additional information in comments. Use the edit link below your question to include additional information. Don't forgett to delete the comment afterwards — msrd0, Jan 31 '15 at 16:03
@CodingHorror The wrong language shouldn't stop the browser from displaying the correct chars. — msrd0, Jan 31 '15 at 16:14
have you tried other editors? for example notePad or notePad++,? — Ahmad, Jan 31 '15 at 16:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 31 '15 at 16:14

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Try put this before you echo anything to output stream on server php side:

header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');

edited Jan 31 '15 at 16:14

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answered Jan 31 '15 at 16:07

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@msrd0 your edit change nothing. spaces in php code bring nothing to the browser – Alex Jan 31 '15 at 16:29
Yes, my edit was usefull because your code now gets highlighted by Stack Overflow's syntax highlighter. For more information see the help center. – msrd0 Jan 31 '15 at 16:31
it changes nothing I still have the same problem! :( – Ahmed Benmessoud Jan 31 '15 at 16:42
@AhmedBenmessoud The answer is correct but your file isn't encoded using utf-8 – msrd0 Jan 31 '15 at 16:44

msrd0 · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-31T16:20:37.500

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If you use UTF-8, you need to tell the browser. If you use a server, you can do this directly with the HTTP protocol by adding ; charset=utf-8 after the Content-Type value, so the value could for example be text/html; charset=utf-8. If you don't use a Server or couldn't modify that variable, you can add this in the head tag of your HTML page:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

You can also try this:

<meta charset="UTF-8" />

edited Jan 31 '15 at 16:20

answered Jan 31 '15 at 15:57

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I have already added this, But it still does not work :( – Ahmed Benmessoud Jan 31 '15 at 16:08
@AhmedBenmessoud Did you try ``? That's the way Wikipedia does and it works – msrd0 Jan 31 '15 at 16:21
I think his problem is related to PSPad – Ahmad Jan 31 '15 at 16:22
@Ahmad If PSPad produces valid UTF-8 output that wouldn't be a problem. – msrd0 Jan 31 '15 at 16:24
@AhmedBenmessoud Please also check that your editor produces valid UTF-8 output, maybe check with another editor like notpad++ (windows) or kate (GNU/Linux) – msrd0 Jan 31 '15 at 16:24
@msed0 yes I tried with notepad ++ but it displays "????" Instead of the text in Arabic,i think that this problem comes from the edito – Ahmed Benmessoud Jan 31 '15 at 16:41
@AhmedBenmessoud Then I would recommend that you check which encoding your editor uses if it isn't utf-8 – msrd0 Jan 31 '15 at 16:43
after I edited the format at the édireur, I put "UTF-8" instead of "ANSI" it works very well now, thank you for your answers. thank @msrd0 :) – Ahmed Benmessoud Jan 31 '15 at 16:56

How to write a paragraph in Arabic in html?

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