display ASCII data in ColdFusion from a parameter

Question

I have set up a language file rather than in the database, so I have for example in the language file…

<cfset lang_back_to_results = "< retour aux résultats">

So I have in my cfm page…

<cfoutput>#lang_back_to_results#</cfoutput>

This works fine but it does not correctly display the accent, so I tried to use ASCII and CHR inputs in the language file but with no success…

chr(233) &eacute;

Any ideas on how to display the text correctly?

If it doesn't display the accent, what _does_ it display? – Fish Below the Ice Apr 29 '14 at 13:49 — Fish Below the Ice, Apr 29 '14 at 13:49

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 29 '14 at 14:02

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You need to have this in the top of your 'language file', and whatever .cfm file you're including it in:

<cfprocessingdirective pageencoding="utf-8" />

See:

answered Apr 29 '14 at 14:02

duncan

Excellent - that little bit of code did the trick. Man thanks – elixireu Apr 29 '14 at 14:17

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '14 at 13:16

1

do you have your content-type set?

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

answered Apr 29 '14 at 13:16

Matt Busche

Hi, yep, its set to `` – elixireu Apr 29 '14 at 13:33
can you post a reproduceable test case? if I copy and paste your two lines into a page it works fine even if I don't see the `content-type` – Matt Busche Apr 29 '14 at 13:44

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