Problem with special characters upon edit. - Mediawiki-api

15 Sep 2009


      I'm using the Zend Framework HTTP client library to make an edit request to the MediaWiki API, as follows:
<?php
// Instantiate the client object.
require_once 'Zend/Http/Client.php';
$client = new Zend_Http_Client($apiUrl);
// Get necessary information.
$title = 'Testpage';
$text = 'Æneas Mackintosh';
$basetimestamp = '2009-09-15T15:45:50Z';
$token = '6c9600319ea3a1188d4542cd3e1443c7+';
// Edit the page.
$client->setParameterPost('action', 'edit');
$client->setParameterPost('title', $title);
$client->setParameterPost('text', $text);
$client->setParameterPost('basetimestamp', $basetimestamp);
$client->setParameterPost('token', $token);
// Make the request.
$client->request('POST');
?>
After editing, the resulting wiki page should contain "Æneas Mackintosh" (note the AE ligature); instead it contains "ï¿½neas Mackintosh". I suspect that this is a MediaWiki API bug, since the POST request is what appears to be correctly formatted:
action=edit&title=Testpage&text=%C6neas+Mackintosh&basetimestamp=2009-09-15T15%3A45%3A50Z&token=6c9600319ea3a1188d4542cd3e1443c7%2B%5C
Has any one else had issues with special characters? Any solutions?
My configuration:
MediaWiki 1.15.1
Zend Framework 1.9.2
PHP 5.2.6-3ubuntu4.2
Thanks,
Jim