File encoded in Latin-1 but read in UTF-8 could deal in any problem?

Asked Aug 01 '20 at 22:28

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Problem is the following:

In a translation system, we use keys to refer to the same "word" in different languages, For example: For key common.close

common.close in Spanish = Cerrar

common.close in English = Close

This keys are stored in a file encoded in latin1 but database table storing keys is encoded in UTF-8. From my front side, we are accessing keys by reading the file (encoded in latin-1) but our html specifies encoding as:

<meta charset="utf-8"/>

Our problem is that in the process of creating/editing keys from front side, some keys are disappearing from the file. This could be lead by the encoding difference? Even if this isn't the reason, file encoded in latin-1 but shown in utf-8 may cause any problem?

Regards, Víctor.

asked Aug 01 '20 at 22:28

Víctor Martínez Llamas

It will break as soon as you use a character above code point 128 or which isn't in ISO-8859-1. – Quentin Aug 01 '20 at 22:31
@Quentin the thing is that in front side, every character above code point 128 is shown correctly even if in the file appears as follows: \uxxxx – Víctor Martínez Llamas Aug 01 '20 at 22:34
An escape sequence that only uses ASCII characters isn't using characters above code point 128 – Quentin Aug 01 '20 at 22:35
@Quentin Sorry but I didn't understand, A escape sequence like \uxxxx isn't above code point 128? – Víctor Martínez Llamas Aug 01 '20 at 22:41

File encoded in Latin-1 but read in UTF-8 could deal in any problem?

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