Check the encoding for the web page itself. Sounds like the page is telling the client browser to encode differently than the server is encoding. -Micah On Saturday 31 December 2005 9:11 am, Jean-Philippe BATTU wrote: > Hello > > I would like to send email from my php program. So I use the mail() > function from php engine but I noticed that the accentuated characters > were not well transmitted by php or the apache server (I use a linux box > with FC4 and httpd server). > > In the phpinfo function, I saw the LANG environnement variable was set to > en_US...., so I fixed it to fr_FR.... in the system file /etc/sysconfig/18n > and reboot the machine, phpinfo gave me the correct french LANG. The result > is still the same > > the apache server gave me incorrect languages in server-info, so I > corrected the DefautLanguage directive and Priority Languages directives in > the httpd.conf file. Restart apache and server-info gave me correct > information, but the result is still the same. > > I am in trouble, because the mutt linux program send well the accentuated > characters. I studied the difference between two mails, from mute and from > php, and apparently the order definition after the Date aren't the same. > > I tried to use the phpmailer class, but the problem persists. I use php > 4.3.10 > > The workaround I found is to use the mutt command from php by the system > function, but it is a pity ! > > Do you know this problem ? > > thanks for your reply and happy new year to you ! > > Cheers > > > > > Jean-Philippe BATTU > Grenoble > http://jeanpba.homeip.net -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php