character encoding

[JD_]

hi , im having a problem with a character specifically this one ½ , on the page with the form i have utf8 encoding in the charset, the mysql connection is using SET NAMES utf8 , and i am not using any other php fuinctions its just a simple field taking the user input and putting it in the db, however in the db it shows as ½

ive also tried using utf8_encode($var); which just makes it worse. by storing it as ½.

anyone got any ideas?

[bogu]

Did you set your html output content type?

Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8

and you can try set it form php using [man]header[/man]

Before storing your data into your database do you use functions like [man]htmletities[/man]? if you do check all the params that this functions have (in this case check the third params)...

You can also try Multibyte String Functions ...