# Using åäö

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-aao/28221
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 11, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-aao/28221 "2003-08-11T15:28:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Danii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@Danii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Danii)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-aao/28221/1 "2003-08-11T15:28:10Z")

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Im loading text into my swf using php and mySQL but i cant use special characters tht way…  
i’ve put System.UseCodePage = true; in my actions but it still wont show the letters “åäö”…  
anybody know how to fix this?

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-aao/28221/2 "2003-08-11T15:38:33Z")

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Maybe this helps  
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/url\_encoding.htm](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/url_encoding.htm)

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-aao/28221/3 "2003-08-11T15:53:32Z")

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in PHP you can also urlencode characters using the urlencode function.[  
[link](http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.urlencode.php)]