Problem with accents

Hello,

the php script I am currently working on contains the following code

while ( $bdict_row = mysql_fetch_assoc($bdict_result_id) ) 
{
        $the_word = $bdict_row['word'];
        $href = "<a href=\"/mnogosearch/search.cgi?q="
                . rawurlencode($the_word)
                . "\" target=\"_blank\">"
                . $the_word . "</a>";

        ....

        echo "<td\">$href</td></tr>\n<tr>";

        ...


This code displays all words in the mnogosearch bdict table, as 
hyperlinks, on a web page.

Whenever a hyperlinked word contains accented characters (eg, 
"bérangère"), the data which are passed to the search.cgi are invalid.

For instance, let's say I click the "bérangère" hyperlink. As a result, 
the input field in the search.cgi form will contain the following value:

 bérangère

which is wrong. The value should be "bérangère".

Thanks in advance for your help.

Philippe


PS I use the utf-8 charset in my database and on my webpage.




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