Encoding problem with command line PHP.exe

Hello - My problem is as follows: <? $data = mssql_result(mssql_query("SELECT Field FROM table WHERE ID='1'"),0); echo $data; mysql_insert("INSERT INTO table2 VALUES('$data')"); ?> The data in the MSSQL table is: Æã IF I call this PHP code from my browser (IE6) it results in the following output: Æã and it also places into the MySQL database the value: Æã However, if I call this PHP code from the command line, using "php.exe test.php" it also results in the following output: Æã but it places into the MySQL database: ’Æ Does anyone have any idea why this is happening? I am sure it is a character set issue, but for the life of me I cannot work out why the command-line does not run the exact same script in the same way as a browser would? Regards, Emile Axelrad, <mailto:emile.axelrad@connect.co.uk> emile.axelrad@connect.co.uk