Problem with urldecode(), maybe encoding problem

[eluser]vadimyer[/eluser]
Hi there.

First, I have enabled query strings and a search function. Search string passes to the "searchterm" variable and when I pass it through the form, it works fine and looks like:

http://local/home/search/?searchterm=testtesttest

Okay, now when I input some cyrillic string in a search form, it works fine as well, the URI would be for example:

http://local/home/search/?searchterm=привет (in chrome) or
http://local/home/search/?searchterm=������ (in IE, Opera etc.)

Two above cases work fine, BUT WHEN I enter the CYRILLIC search string directly from the address bar (for example, in Opera or IE) it doesn't wanna search anything. $_GET['searchterm'] is empty, and as for QUERY_STRING, it is something like searchterm=������ (all data from profiler).

I urldecode my string from the controller, but it somehow doesn't work. I also tried some iconv() cases, from what I've googled, but they also didn't work.

So the question is why all other browsers except chrome doesn't retrieve CYRILLIC $_GET variable from the address bar if it was entered from there? Passing through the form everything works fine.

Thanks in advance, guys. Hope for you help.