note 28884 added to ref.dbase

It seems that some characters doesn't support to be stored in .dbf databases. In my example, I wanted to import my outlook contacts to a MySQL database. I exported my contacts to .dbf file, then a homemade script transformed the dbf file in .sql file. Finally I execute the SQL in phpMyAdmin. But when I look closer I see that é, è à ç and so on are other characters... Is it because of Outlook or because of dbf format ? or even because of php's functions ? I was using Outlook Xp, php 4.3.0 and MySQL 3.23.52a . -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.dbase.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+28884 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+28884 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+28884