Re: utf8_decode() not working, conflicts with urlencode()

Merlin Morgenstern wrote: > Hi there, > > I am having some trouble with utf8_decode(). Somehow the function > returns output=input > > e.g.: > $input = '%20%C3%9Cbersetzung%20franz'; > $output = utf8_decode($input); > echo $input.'<br>'.$output; > > My goal is to decode the utf8, trim the input and encode with > urlencode(); > > This is the string which I would like to get: %C3%9Cbersetzung+franz > > Trim does not work and if I place urlencode() directly on the input it > will encode the % sign to %25 and produce therfore a mixture of > encodings. It seems to me that you're probably missing a urldecode() on $input before you attempt to decode the utf8 chars ? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (17.9°C)