no, its not html entity, it doesnt have a semicolon, its exactly as I wrote it. "Chris Shiflett" <shiflett@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4239CE14.5020904@xxxxxxxxxx > Diana Castillo wrote: >> Does anyone know what kind of string encoding this is : >> ®® >> mA® >> and how can I decode this? > > That looks almost like an HTML entity: > > ® > > Assuming that's what it is, and you just left off the semicolon, you can > decode it with this: > > html_entity_decode() > > Hope that helps. > > Chris > > -- > Chris Shiflett > Brain Bulb, The PHP Consultancy > http://brainbulb.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php