Codeigniter seems to break $_POST of '£' character (Pound)

Question

When I echo $_POST of the \'£\' character without CI in a simple Form, the result is as expected, a \'£\'.

When I try the same using the CI framework using the Input

Answer 1

This appears to only affect users using the latest version of MAMP and when using PHP 5.3.5. The current workaround is to go to the MAMP control panel and use the earlier version of PHP 5.2.17

For more details see: https://bitbucket.org/ellislab/codeigniter-reactor/issue/214/problem-when-inserting-special-characters