Why is ë percent encoded to %EB but also to %C3%AB?

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3.9k views Asked by i.amniels At 12 October 2012 at 14:07

When I enter ë into a form on my web application, this is percent encoded by Google Chrome to %C3%AB.

When I use PHP's urlencode('ë'); This is encoded into %EB.

Why are the encodings different?

How can I encode with the same encoding as Google Chrome with PHP 4?

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**Alix Axel** · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-12T14:09:48+00:00

Alix Axel On 12 October 2012 at 14:09 BEST ANSWER

%EB is the ISO-8859-1 form (a single character).

%C3%AB is the UTF-8 form (e + ¨).

It should work out of the box (if you use a newer version of PHP and UTF-8 for your files).