Would this also require changes to the MSDE tables/fields or global settings? We are planning on selling our product into the international markets. The GUIs of our applications would not change but they would like for whatever the users type to be in their native language using the appropriate Unicode character set. Do we have a rough estimate of how much time it might take to make all of these changes in PHP and MSDE? Regards Harpreet Kaur -----Original Message----- From: Niel Archer [mailto:Niel Archer] On Behalf Of Niel Archer Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 6:54 PM To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: UTF-8 standard Hi > I wondered if PHP allowed for Unicode character sets (such as by using > the UTF-8 standard)? Quick answer: Yes Longer Answer: Yes but you have to be a little careful as not all parts and extensions of php support UTF-8 encoding, or require you to specify UTF-8. PHP itself can be set to use UTF-8 for its output, obviously the headers of your page need to be set appropriately. Niel -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php