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.php insert text in mysql / strange characters

Hi,

I would like to add text into mysql, but there is something fishy going on.
When i try to put this word into mysql: geïsoleerd

it changes into:  geïsoleerd

Note:
When submitted here, the values above change. The first word has an i with double dots.
The second has a capital A with an ~ on top and a High line.

Never had this problem before. Anyone knows what's going on?
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Hmm aparently the same issue appear here...
try using htmlspecialchars() function to "encode" your text BEFORE you write it to the DB, or at least before you echo it to screen in a browser.
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Thanks for your reply.
I did try htmlspecialchars(),   but it doesn't change it.

Never had this problem. This forum also suffers from this thing.
Any other ideas?
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