[eluser]WanWizard[/eluser]
Check in the browser what the content type is (in Firefox, view Character Encoding).
If not utf-8, something is set otherwise. Check:
- if the content type in the HTML head meta tag is set to utf-8
- if needed, have CI send an http header with the utf8 content type as well.
- if it still fails, apache might force another charset. Set the Apache AddDefaultCharset to utf8
If it is utf-8, the php file might be saved in the wrong format. Set your editor to save files in utf-8 format, and if that's not possible, get yourself an editor that can.