Hi!
This should really be fixed similar to the iconv //IGNORE flag - so that bad characters are just replaced with '?'
Maybe using iconv is a way to go in your scenario? -- Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Software Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zend.com/ (408)253-8829 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php