Euro Character through AMFPHP

[Ixthus]

I've tried everything, but i still can't get the euro character stored in the database to return to flash through the amfphp gateway. I'm almost certain that it has something to do with encoding, put i am stumped as to what the solution is. Best solution would be a change in gateway.php. I can't alter the data being inserted in the DB, as it is coming from a different source.
If the solution involves adding a php decode/encode to the results or each query, then how would i do this?

[Ronald Wernecke]

question is, how are the contents stored in the database (characterset of the database).

For transport of special characters, UTF8 is the best solution. Flash uses it by default

[Ixthus]

utf8_unicode_ci is being used...

[Ronald Wernecke]

make sure that all other processes send utf8 encoded characters/especialy that the needed characters are encoded right.
And make sure your textfield uses a font, embeded font, containing these.

[Ixthus]

embedding isn't the problem. i'm using the amfphp service browser, and i traced the values to the output window when i tried in flash. Neither will display the € symbol.
The characters are being stored in the DB as UTF8. Flash isn't an issue, cause even if i use textfields, and set their contents to text containing a € symbol, it gets displayed. So somehow the € is getting lost in php.
There is a line in gateway.php:
$gateway->setCharsetHandler("utf8_decode", "ISO-8859-1", "ISO-8859-1");
has this any bearing?
Also, if i try to save my service file in utf8, it doesn't execute, but gives the following error:

(Object)#0
  message = "faultCode:INVALID_AMF_MESSAGE faultString:'Invalid AMF message' faultDetail:'
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /hsphere/local/home/stayireland/stayireland.ie/app/microsites/flashservices/services/Accommodation.php:1) in /hsphere/local/home/stayireland/stayireland.ie/app/microsites/flashservices/core/shared/exception/php4Exception.php on line 38
'"
  name = "Error"
  rootCause = (null)