Re: inserting utf8 from PHP to MySQL makes text unreadable [SOLVED]

Marek, Thank you for your advice. I've wrapped my variable like so: htmlspecialchars( $HTTP_POST_VARS['introJ'], ENT_COMPAT, "UTF-8") and that seems to have made the variables store and display okay. I actually have no idea what the "ENT_COMPAT" bit is doing, but experimentation has taught me that it won't fly without it. Thanks for taking the time to help! -- Dave Gutteridge dave@tokyocomedy.com