On 24 April 2010 16:07, Parham Doustdar <parham90@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Ashley and Michiel, > > It appears it is something in Apache or my server program on Windows (I am > using Uniform Server; a portable webserver from > http://www.uniformserver.com). The reason I got to such a conclusion is > this: > > 1. I uploaded the pHP file to a free hosting website. Here is the URL: > http://blindmoviebuff.uphero.com/test2.php > > 2. I put the same page in my www folder in Windows. Here's the address to > that: > http://parham-d.dyndns.org/test2.php > > As you can see, the page on uphero.com displays without any encoding > changes > required by you, whereas the second has to be manual (for some reason). -snip- > > Actually, both of these work fine for me. I don't have to manually set the encoding to get the Farsi characters to show up in either of these links. I don't know why it wouldn't work for you. Maybe you should try a different browser to make sure it isn't a cached setting. Adding the header() call that Ashley suggested also seems like a good idea. Michiel
