Hello Jochem, Thursday, April 14, 2005, 3:37:07 PM, you wrote: JM> step 1: get a thorough understanding of unicode & UTF(8) JM> step 2: get familiar with the mb_*() functions and the iconv extension JM> step 3: step up your scripts and DB to output/store UTF JM> step 4: rinse/repeat. Thanks, I have been looking at the mb functions earlier on and the string/regexp/mail functions they overload, will take this over to the i18n list I guess, is more appropriate there even if it is massively low-traffic in comparison. Best regards, Richard Davey -- http://www.launchcode.co.uk - PHP Development Services "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them." - Isaac Asimov -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php