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I am using a shared hosting service to host my site so I can’t get direct access to PHP configuration or install any extension. So my problem is with utf-8 strings that can’t be processed by standard PHP string functions since I don’t have mbstring extension installed on the server. I am looking for another way to deal with unicode strings, any help or guidance is very appreciated or if you know of any online resources please share them with me.
There is the PHP UTF-8 library up there at Sourceforge – might be enough for your needs. Also,
preg_*functions generally accept the/umodifier independently ofmbstring.On the long term I’d agree it’s time to start looking around for a more up-to-date host. Mbstring is pretty much a basic necessity today, with a host lacking this one has to ask what else might be missing.