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This link to an interesting little article on upcoming PHP support for unicode. Even mentions IDNs as an up and coming trend and validates the increasing IDNification of the world.
http://programming.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/21/2029244&from=rss
However, with the increasing internationalization of the Internet -- as evidenced by the increased demand for international domain names in non-Latin character sets -- Zmievski insists that PHP, like every other language, "has got to be able to confront the evolving world. There is a demand, even if people don't realize it for themselves yet."
Perhaps equally importantly, Zmievski sees a lot of educational work that is needed. Many in the PHP community, he suggests, are only vaguely aware of the growing necessity of Unicode, and are holding back from using the developer builds of PHP 6. He compares this attitude to the reaction of most people to the danger of earthquakes. "I live in San Francisco," he says. "Everyone knows that you should have an earthquake-preparedness kit. But how many people do that, and how many actually keep them up to date?" In much the same way, while the PHP community knows that the changes are coming, Zmievski worries that it may not be readying for them.
http://programming.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/21/2029244&from=rss
However, with the increasing internationalization of the Internet -- as evidenced by the increased demand for international domain names in non-Latin character sets -- Zmievski insists that PHP, like every other language, "has got to be able to confront the evolving world. There is a demand, even if people don't realize it for themselves yet."
Perhaps equally importantly, Zmievski sees a lot of educational work that is needed. Many in the PHP community, he suggests, are only vaguely aware of the growing necessity of Unicode, and are holding back from using the developer builds of PHP 6. He compares this attitude to the reaction of most people to the danger of earthquakes. "I live in San Francisco," he says. "Everyone knows that you should have an earthquake-preparedness kit. But how many people do that, and how many actually keep them up to date?" In much the same way, while the PHP community knows that the changes are coming, Zmievski worries that it may not be readying for them.
