title: assistance with using the £ symbol in php echo
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3716178/encoding-issue-pound-symbol-appearing-as-symbol">Encoding issue: &#163; pound symbol appearing as &lt;?&gt; symbol</a>  </p>
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  <p>I am doing some basic echo statements and when i use echo "£" it puts a capital A before the pound sign any ideas why?</p>
  
  <pre><code> echo ("£"):
  
   output = A£
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>the A has a symbol above.</p>