Re: character set problem

This is me again. I even tried downgrading PHP to 4.1.1, but still when i try to insert some characters like é, ë, è i get Test Ú Þ Ù as a result... help would be very welcome! thanks a lot ! "Filip De Graeve" <filip.de.graeve@pandora.be> schreef in bericht news:20030327174604.18896.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hello, > > Using PHP 4.3.1 on a Windows 2k/Apache, > i am trying to insert some text like "Test é à ë" into a > MS SQL database. > > The result I get using the query analyzer : > Test Ú Þ Ù > > is not the same as you can see for yourself. > However; ms sql supports those characters when > i insert them directly into the query analyzer. > > My locales support those characters (.be locals), > and i configured the php.ini to support the iso-8859-1 charset > (and use the mssql dll extension). > > What's also weird, is that the function htmlspecialchars has > no effect on the result, whilst htmlentities does have one; but then the > textfield looks like " Test &eacute; &egrave; &euml; " > which wasn't exactly the point. > > I used an older version of php once; > ( i believe it was 4.1.1 or something) and there wasn't any bug > regarding charsets etc (on a ms sql database). > > Can anybody give me any clue where to look > or what to do? > > thank you, > regards > > Filip > filip@curious.be > >