Instant Search

[barezinjo]

Hi, the json_encode() function is a php function which sends data from php format into javascript format.

If some of the products contain foreign characters like è then json_encode won't work properly, and the product containing the character will stop instant search from functioning properly, hence the error.

However if you open searches.php and replace:

echo json_encode($results);

with:

echo json_encode(utf8json($results));

function utf8json($inArray) {

    static $depth = 0;

    /* our return object */
    $newArray = array();

    /* safety recursion limit */
    $depth ++;
    if($depth >= '30') {
        return false;
    }

    /* step through inArray */
    foreach($inArray as $key=>$val) {
        if(is_array($val)) {
            /* recurse on array elements */
            $newArray[$key] = utf8json($val);
        } else {
            /* encode string values */
            $newArray[$key] = utf8_encode($val);
        }
    }

    /* return utf8 encoded array */
    return $newArray;
}

then it will be able to convert these foreign characters properly.

I have similar problem. I am using utf-8_general_ci in zencart database, Instant search works fine for me, but when i enter special character like (čćžšđ) if wont display anything.
Here is a two picture below. Please help!