characters problem with meta tag

Hi,

I'm writing a php script. (but i think my problem is nothing to do with php, that's why i posted it here.)
My code:

The problem is that if the value of the passed variable($_POST[name]) contains accentuated letters( for example:é) then it will not pass correctly. This happens when i use the meta tag redirecting, but if i use the commented line(simple link, see code) then it works!

more specific:
$_POST[name] = "Péter"

Then if I use the meta tag redirecting and print out the value of $_GET['name'] in test.php i got the following: P�ter
and in the url:
http://127.0.0.1/test.php?name=P%EF%BF%BDter

but if i use the another way(simple link), then it prints out Péter and in the url:
http://127.0.0.1/test.php?name=P%E9ter

And another thing, this happens when i use Opera browser. I tryed out the meta tag version with IE5.5 and it worked!

Can someone tell me what should i do to get this working under Opera? Perhaps i should set some preferences(witch i tryed) but found nothing useful. Or i have to put some other meta tags in my page to get accentuated letters working?
Sorry for the long post, any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Sorry, i mistyped: Of course i write out $_GET['sel'] in test.php.

you might get it to work with urlencode($_GET['name']), but i need to know what encoding you use for your pages to help you better? UTF-8 or other?

I'm a newbie in this characters thing. You are thinking about(for example) the
<meta http-equiv='charset' CONTENT='ISO-8859-2'>
lines. I didn't write this kind of lines in my pages. What do you suggest, which character set should i use if i want to get accentuated letters work?

try

<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">

with urlencode() function.


(btw, no need to use this charset with other pages. only for this redirecting one)

A very big Thank You Zombie!)

I got it working with the urlencode() function and i don't need to insert that charset line. In the first time i misunderstood that function, but now it's all clear. Thanks again!!!)