Apache2 Encoding configuration

[_guybrush_]

Hello,

I just installed apache2, but I have a configuration problem: Most of my webpages are encoded with the ISO-8859-1 charset, and naturally, in the header section, I have included the meta tag: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" />.

Unfortunately, this directive is not obeyed by apache2 and the accented characters are not correctly displayed. Apache2 displays the page as if it were encoded with UTF-8

I have found a way to "solve" the problem: add the
AddDefaultCharset ISO-8859-1
in the apache2.conf file.

If I do that, the files encoded with ISO-8859-1 are displayed correctly, but I also have some files encoded with UTF-8, and these are not displayed correctly if I do that.

In conclusion, Apache2 is not obeying my charset indication in my webpages. How can I fix that problem?

Thanks in advance.

[SheeEttin]

Re: Apache2 Encoding configuration

I don't suppose you could encode those files in UTF-8 or use character entities (e.g. &eacute...

[_guybrush_]

Re: Apache2 Encoding configuration

Well, yes I could, but that would require a LOT of work.

But I think I found the solution: I didn't notice that there was a file in /conf.d named charset that had the AddDefaultCharset UTF-8, and which was included in the apache2.conf file. By suppressing this directive, My meta tag is being obeyed and I can have files with different encoding on the same server.

I just wonder why the default configuration is made that way...