Problems with UTF-8 accent Characters in JQuery form submission using Internet Explorer

Question

Hi,

I am using JQuery to submit a form with $.ajax() and then get the params in a php page to store them in a Database. My Pages are UTF8 encoded.

Everything works well when I use Firefox. However, with Internet Explorer, when the data has accent characters in it, it discards these completely.

I am using : $.ajaxSetup({ scriptCharset: "utf-8" , contentType: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8"});

and also specify contentType: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8", in my $.ajax() call.

Anyone able to help me with this one ?

Many thanks !

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As requested :

$.ajax({

type: "GET",
url: "processing/addcontact.php",
contentType: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8",

scriptCharset: "utf-8",

data: dataString,
    success: function() {

        reset_new_contact_form();
        $('#dialog-newcontact').dialog('close');

        }

});

and

the form is sent to a simple mysql_real_escape_string($_GET["formval1"]) in a SQL query.