Japanese in GR description box uploads into unicode

evenstar11

Joined: 2009-11-08
Posts: 1
Posted: Sun, 2009-11-08 14:56

I am using G2 and the GR 1.5.

Gallery version = 2.3 core 1.3.0
API = Core 7.54, Module 3.9, Theme 2.6, Embed 1.5
PHP version = 4.4.9 cgi
Webserver = Apache
Database = mysqlt 5.0.81-log, lock.system=flock
Toolkits = Getid3, LinkItemToolkit, Thumbnail, ArchiveUpload, Gd, NetPBM, Exif
Acceleration = none, none
Operating system = Linux infong 2.4 #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 22:34:10 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
Default theme = carbon
gettext = enabled
Locale = en_US
Browser = Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3.5.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Rows in GalleryAccessMap table = 20
Rows in GalleryAccessSubscriberMap table = 4805
Rows in GalleryUser table = 5
Rows in GalleryItem table = 4803
Rows in GalleryAlbumItem table = 38
Rows in GalleryCacheMap table = 0

The problem I am having is when I upload pictures using GR.
I use English and Japanese languages when I type in the description box of GR.
There is no error that appears, but the Japanese does not seem to convert and appears as unicode when viewed via Gallery.
I am able to edit the pictures individually from Gallery in the browser, delete the unicode and retype the Japanese and it will show up fine.

This issue only surfaced sometime this year, but I am unable to figure out what could have caused this.
I have not made any changes to the configuration that I can recall.

If anyone has had similar problems and a solution, please let me know. Any suggestions and help is appreciated!
If any other information is needed, please let me know.
Thanks very much for reading!