Farsi/Arabic number to be outputed properly.

Question

Ok, may be you think this dup question but I swear its not. lol You have a file that outputs as such:

<div id="first">1</div>
2
<div id="third">
    <? $i = 3; echo(i) ?>
</div>

Which outputs:

1
2
3

Now if I want to have an output as below:

?
?
?

Well, I was hoping I could put Arabic/Farsi version of 1,2,3 instead of '?'. This is driving me nuts, Q1:How can I using HTML/CSS convert numbers to Arabic/Farsi?

Q2:And why the heck when I change my language (winxp) everything changes except numbers?

Answer 1

1. There is no automated way to change numbers, or even digits. Set up a mapping between then and convert manually.

2. Numbers are never localized, because unlike natural language words, Arabic numerals are understood across most of the world.

Answer 2

If you want to number a list, you could use an ol element and change the list-style-type of it like:

ol {
    list-style: arabic-indic;
}