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Invalid characters in a HTML page

I'm using JavaScript to get the elements under the clicked elements in my website. And I'm sending the content to server side.

But some times, I'm getting some invalid characters like: â€, â–º, etc.

What is the reason for this? And how to correct it?

Solution

  • †looks like utf-8 being misinterpreted as Windows-1252. Try setting the encoding for your pages:

    <?php
header( "Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8");

    or if you prefer in .htaccess file:

    AddDefaultCharset UTF-8