why is this iconv function not working for me? i am converting $search to euc-kr charset..... my conversion code is not working. background and motivation -------------------- i have to mimic a accept-charset on a form to fake a get request by disguising it as a hyperlink. (my firefox refuses me tosend a remote post request from a win_open() [ al a javascript] function. the accept-charset value is 'euc-kr'. i threw in extra iconv_set_encoding to eliminate some problem there, but still no progress... :( code ---------- $xab = 1; $str_out = mb_detect_encoding($search); $converted_search="ax"; iconv_set_encoding("output_encoding", "EUC-KR"); iconv_set_encoding("input_encoding", $str_out); if ($xab) echo " mb_detect_encoding***" . $str_out ."***search*** $search***<br>"; if ( function_exists('iconv') ) { if ($str_out != 'euc-kr') { if ($xab) var_dump( iconv_get_encoding('all')); if ($xab) echo "iconv: \$converted_search***$converted_search*** <br>"; $converted_search = iconv($str_out,"EUC-KR",$search); if ($xab) echo "iconv: \$converted_search***$converted_search*** <br>"; } } output (checks that search is proper and outputs "iconv_detect_encoding" and checks return from iconv function call) ----- mb_detect_encoding***UTF-8***search***꺼다*** array(3) { ["input_encoding"]=> string(5) "UTF-8" ["output_encoding"]=> string(6) "EUC-KR" ["internal_encoding"]=> string(10) "ISO-8859-1" } iconv: $converted_search***ax*** iconv: $converted_search****** many blessings to all. merry chirstmas. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php