note 51075 added to ref.strings

Hello ! I am trying to enter some special character from a PHP form like "option+a"->å or "option+b"->? but when I submit my form, whole record goes empty !!! any idea why?? I think am supposed to use some string function sor that field ....but I am not sure which one !! any idea?? Thanks for your help and time. -A ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.strings.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51075 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51075&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51075&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51075&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51075&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51075&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51075&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php