strange function-results

Hi, I use php4, mssql and apache. I wrote a testscript that should return two equal lines. but the output is most of the time incorrect. e.g. My hash contains a b FIRSTNAME rainer LASTNAME zufall COMPANY dusty C2 hallo C3 30000000000004 before i leave the funtion, but the result contains a b FIRSTNAME ¬L³¾ LASTNAME C2 please visit http://194.25.165.5/test.html and tell me what i do wrong This page includes bug, source and phpinfo(). I tried different configurations with redhat and suse 6.4. I really need help on this :-( If you think its a bug in php, please let me know. by Markus