note 71490 added to ref.mbstring

The MB support in PHP4 really stinks and cost me several hours so far. I have strings in - the non-php areas - the php areas - the in and inc file, that is included by "required" Whatever settings I'm using, some "smart" feature in PHP really messes up at least 1 of the 3 parts mentioned above and replaces special characters. Yes, some parts work, others don't. It depends of the settings that I'm trying. I just want to turn it off, the entire MB support. PHP should simply output the character codes that are in the files. No conversion, no code pages, no "smart" stuff, nothing. How can I do that? ---- Server IP: 217.13.201.10 Probable Submitter: 84.62.158.221 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mbstring.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/71490 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71490/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71490/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71490/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71490/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71490/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71490/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/71490 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/71490 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php