So does that mean I will always get that error? There's got to be a way around that. Is there at least a way to detect invalid characters before I try to insert? Tony On 9/26/06 1:17 PM, "Niel Archer" <niel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > PHP isn't multibyte aware by default. > > Niel > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php