I got it to work. You were correct in stating:
How do you have configured the Apache↔PHP interface? You most likely
do so via libapache2-mod-php5; if so, editing /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
will have no effect, you have to edit /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
In /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini this file I uncommented:
mbstring.http_input = pass
mbstring.http_output = pass
instead of:
ini_set('mbstring.http_input', 'pass');
ini_set('mbstring.http_output', 'pass');
>From what little I know, the above would work as an Apache config file.
(i.e. .htaccess, htaccess) though it didn't work for me in the
/etc/drupal/7/htaccess
file. It may have worked in a .htaccess file in the correct directory.
I will read through the links you provided. Thanks,
Mark
