Hi, Im trying to use (iconv("UTF-8", 'CP1256//TRANSLIT', $rss);) to convert strange character like (–) to proper character, but im getting error I googled about it but never found anything about it. Here is the error Notice: iconv(): Detected an illegal character in input string in /var/www/html/rssfeed/sahafah.php on line 35 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php