Re: [php-list] Problems with accents in XML

[James Keeline]

--- Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> >I am creating an XML output (part of an Ajax system), where the output
> >sometimes contains French accented characters.
> 
> Of course, 5 minutes after sending the post, the light goes on!
> 
> >I have my header set as
> >Content-Type: text/xml; charset='utf-8'
> >by using 
> >header("Content-type: text/xml; charset='utf-8'");
> >at the top of the file.
> 
> But it should be
> header("Content-Type: text/xml; charset=iso-8859-1", true);
> 
> -- 
> Pete Clark

That may solve your problem but I would also recommend using the htmlentities()
function to process your values.  A lower case E with an acute accent will
become &eacute; so searching values can be tricky, especially if the user does
not input the accent.  However, for outputs, it is quite useful.

James