Save pound symbol to database

[eluser]kirk112[/eluser]
Stumped

Code:

function escape_str($str)    
    {    
        if (is_array($str))
        {
            foreach($str as $key => $val)
               {
                $str[$key] = $this->escape_str($val);
               }
          
               return $str;
           }

        if (function_exists('mysql_real_escape_string') AND is_resource($this->conn_id))
        {
            return mysql_real_escape_string($str, $this->conn_id);
        }
        elseif (function_exists('mysql_escape_string'))
        {
            return mysql_escape_string($str);
        }
        else
        {
            return addslashes($str);
        }
    }

I am guessing that is the common escape_str function in codeigniter.

Ok, going to rule out a problem with this function.

Currently in the DB_drive.php i have following set

var $char_set = 'utf8';
var $dbcollat = 'utf8_general_ci';

And in the config file

$config['charset'] = "UTF-8";

And in the database.php config

Code:

$db['default']['char_set'] = "utf8";
$db['default']['dbcollat'] = "utf8_general_ci";

And the mysql table field is set to utf8_general_ci


Any one any suggestions?