Problem with foreign characters

blckspder

Hello,

I have a form that visitors use to request product information. Our customers are from all over the world and I seem to be having a problem when processing the form with foreign characters.

This is what I get in my database (mysql) and my email:

EszterhÃ¡zy KÃ¡roly University

And here is what it is suppose to look like:

Eszterházy Károly

Here is the code I use to escape for the mysql database:

//loop through the array and escape all of the elements
		foreach($formValues as $key => $arrItems) {
			$formValues[$key] = mysql_real_escape_string($arrItems);
			}

And here is the code I use to prep the data for email:

//build email body
		foreach($_POST as $label => $bodyValue) {
			if($bodyValue != NULL) {
				$body .= $label .": ". htmlentities($bodyValue) ."<br />";
				}
			}

Any help on how to fix this so all characters display correctly would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

djjjozsi

you should use utf-8 character coding to make corrected the Hungarian characters 🙂

i often test forms with these words : Árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép ( flood 'protected' mirror drill 🙂 )