note 102555 added to function.file

I'm having problems reading files containing umlauts such as Ã¥,ä,ö. I've tried to perform a str_replace() on the array, but is doesn't find them. The html entities are: Ã¥ = å ä = ä ö = ö Any ideas? ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 164.4.17.33 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.file.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/102555 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102555/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102555/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102555/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102555/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102555/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102555/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/102555 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/102555 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php