Hi, It probably did because I added the line, AddDefaultCharset UTF-8 to my .htaccess a few moments ago. :-) "Michiel Sikma" <michiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:o2p6cda1ded1004240726l272f04fbmdd2fb996e2580ea5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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 > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php