PHP converting chinese character to unicode

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Since PHP6 has not come out yet. Unicode Function is not available yet.

I found a way by using Javascript to encode the Chinese characters, but I was hoping more of a server-side approach.

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if converting to unicode is lengthy and confusing. What would be the best way to display chinese text on a website and store in a database
could you place chinese text directly into the HTML and database?
like http://hk.yahoo.com
Edit:
I found my answer already.
If a moderator can close this thread that would be much obliged.

I found my answer here: http://www.webmasterworld.com/php/3681246.htm
if anyone wants to know.