jasonrogena / jasonrogena/php-excel-reader

Defect Character Encoding in utf-8

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Description

```
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. the â character is not displayed correctly if it's the only special
character in that line (or if there are more like it).
2. if it's accompanied by other similar characters is displayed correctly
(like ăîşţ)
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Please provide any additional information below.
in exaple there are 4 lines (rows)...that exeplifies the ouput (lines 1-3
contain only the problematic character; lines 2-4 contain another special
characther in addition to lines 1-3). 1,2 are lowercase, 3,4 are uppercase.
```

Original issue reported on code.google.com by `adite...@gmail.com` on 27 Jul 2009 at 12:56

Attachments:
- [excel-reader-err.JPG](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/php-excel-reader/issue-39/comment-0/excel-reader-err.JPG)

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the repository and the attached excel-reader-err.JPG, then reproduce the reported UTF-8 character-display problem described in the issue. Identify which input and output differ for isolated versus adjacent special characters; the issue is done when the affected characters display consistently and the behavior is verified.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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