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+<?php
+/* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
+/**
+ * Set of functions for kanji-encoding convert (available only with japanese
+ * language)
+ *
+ * PHP4 configure requirements:
+ *     --enable-mbstring --enable-mbstr-enc-trans --enable-mbregex
+ *
+ * 2002/2/22 - by Yukihiro Kawada <kawada@den.fujifilm.co.jp>
+ *
+ * @version $Id: kanji-encoding.lib.php 11335 2008-06-21 14:01:54Z lem9 $
+ */
+if (! defined('PHPMYADMIN')) {
+    exit;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the php internal encoding codes and sets the available encoding
+ * codes list
+ * 2002/1/4 by Y.Kawada
+ *
+ * @global  string   the current encoding code
+ * @global  string   the available encoding codes list
+ *
+ * @return  boolean  always true
+ */
+function PMA_internal_enc_check() {
+    global $internal_enc, $enc_list;
+
+    $internal_enc = mb_internal_encoding();
+    if ($internal_enc == 'EUC-JP') {
+        $enc_list = 'ASCII,EUC-JP,SJIS,JIS';
+    } else {
+        $enc_list = 'ASCII,SJIS,EUC-JP,JIS';
+    }
+
+    return TRUE;
+} // end of the 'PMA_internal_enc_check' function
+
+
+/**
+ * Reverses SJIS & EUC-JP position in the encoding codes list
+ * 2002/1/4 by Y.Kawada
+ *
+ * @global  string   the available encoding codes list
+ *
+ * @return  boolean  always true
+ */
+function PMA_change_enc_order() {
+    global $enc_list;
+
+    $p            = explode(',', $enc_list);
+    if ($p[1] == 'EUC-JP') {
+        $enc_list = 'ASCII,SJIS,EUC-JP,JIS';
+    } else {
+        $enc_list = 'ASCII,EUC-JP,SJIS,JIS';
+    }
+
+    return TRUE;
+} // end of the 'PMA_change_enc_order' function
+
+
+/**
+ * Kanji string encoding convert
+ * 2002/1/4 by Y.Kawada
+ *
+ * @param   string   the string to convert
+ * @param   string   the destinasion encoding code
+ * @param   string   set 'kana' convert to JIS-X208-kana
+ *
+ * @global  string   the available encoding codes list
+ *
+ * @return  string   the converted string
+ */
+function PMA_kanji_str_conv($str, $enc, $kana) {
+    global $enc_list;
+
+    if ($enc == '' && $kana == '') {
+        return $str;
+    }
+    $nw       = mb_detect_encoding($str, $enc_list);
+
+    if ($kana == 'kana') {
+        $dist = mb_convert_kana($str, 'KV', $nw);
+        $str  = $dist;
+    }
+    if ($nw != $enc && $enc != '') {
+        $dist = mb_convert_encoding($str, $enc, $nw);
+    } else {
+        $dist = $str;
+    }
+    return $dist;
+} // end of the 'PMA_kanji_str_conv' function
+
+
+/**
+ * Kanji file encoding convert
+ * 2002/1/4 by Y.Kawada
+ *
+ * @param   string   the name of the file to convert
+ * @param   string   the destinasion encoding code
+ * @param   string   set 'kana' convert to JIS-X208-kana
+ *
+ * @return  string   the name of the converted file
+ */
+function PMA_kanji_file_conv($file, $enc, $kana) {
+    if ($enc == '' && $kana == '') {
+        return $file;
+    }
+
+    $tmpfname = tempnam('', $enc);
+    $fpd      = fopen($tmpfname, 'wb');
+    $fps      = fopen($file, 'r');
+    PMA_change_enc_order();
+    while (!feof($fps)) {
+        $line = fgets($fps, 4096);
+        $dist = PMA_kanji_str_conv($line, $enc, $kana);
+        fputs($fpd, $dist);
+    } // end while
+    PMA_change_enc_order();
+    fclose($fps);
+    fclose($fpd);
+    unlink($file);
+
+    return $tmpfname;
+} // end of the 'PMA_kanji_file_conv' function
+
+
+/**
+ * Defines radio form fields to switch between encoding modes
+ * 2002/1/4 by Y.Kawada
+ *
+ * @param   string   spaces character to prepend the output with
+ *
+ * @return  string   xhtml code for the radio controls
+ */
+function PMA_set_enc_form($spaces) {
+    return "\n"
+           . $spaces . '<input type="radio" name="knjenc" value="" checked="checked" />non' . "\n"
+           . $spaces . '<input type="radio" name="knjenc" value="EUC-JP" />EUC' . "\n"
+           . $spaces . '<input type="radio" name="knjenc" value="SJIS" />SJIS' . "\n"
+           . $spaces . '&nbsp;' . $GLOBALS['strEncto'] . '<br />' . "\n"
+           . $spaces . '<input type="checkbox" name="xkana" value="kana" />' . "\n"
+           . $spaces . '&nbsp;' . $GLOBALS['strXkana'] . '<br />' . "\n";
+} // end of the 'PMA_set_enc_form' function
+
+
+PMA_internal_enc_check();
+
+?>