Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Could others check on what they have available (other PHP, other > distributions) and tell the results? > Linux Apache 2.6.9-55.0.2.EL #1 Tue Jun 26 14:08:18 EDT 2007 i686 CentOS release 4.5 (Final) PHP Version 5.2.5 Output: äöüÄÖÜß 'äöüÄÖÜß' äöüÄÖÜß 'äöüÄÖÜß' >The main point is that the >respective output for lines 1 and 2 and for lines 3 and 4 should be >*identical* with the exception of the outer single quotes. See above (hope it helps out). Patrick