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Echekwara usoro a. Biko jụọ ajụjụ ọhụrụ ma ọ bụrụ na ị chọrọ enyemaka.

german special characters not displaying on page instead of that Question marks displayed

brahma0246
brahma0246
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when i submit form,i need to send a mail with filled data.Here Suppose user entered german special characters.I am getting Question marks instead of ä,Ä,ö,Ö,ü,Ü,ß. I have used meta tag like <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />.But i am getting fine characters with IE and Chrome.I am using FireFox 3.6.16 english.

when i submit form,i need to send a mail with filled data.Here Suppose user entered german special characters.I am getting Question marks instead of ä,Ä,ö,Ö,ü,Ü,ß. I have used meta tag like <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />.But i am getting fine characters with IE and Chrome.I am using FireFox 3.6.16 english.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Did you check which encoding is used to display the mails in View > Character Encoding ?

brahma0246
brahma0246 Jụọ onye nwe ya ajụjụ
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Hello core team,

Thanks a lot!!!!

i m not only the person to use html form.So many non technical persons using the same. how can i tell to all persons regarding changing character encoding. i need some permenant solution,