Description: ------------ In function formatQueryString in file GeoNames.php there are two lines which inlude this "urlencode(utf8_encode(". When the input that is passed to the script is already encoded in utf-8. this makes the non ascii characters blow up. Test script: --------------- <?php require_once 'Services/GeoNames.php'; class testgeo extends Services_GeoNames{ public function formatQueryString($params = array()) { $qString = array(); foreach ($params as $name => $value) { if (is_array($value)) { foreach ($value as $val) { $qString[] = $name . '=' . urlencode(utf8_encode($val)); } } else { $qString[] = $name . '=' . urlencode(utf8_encode($value)); } } return implode('&', $qString); } } $geo = new testgeo(); echo urldecode($geo->formatQueryString(array('name_equals' => 'mänttä'))); Expected result: ---------------- name_equals=mänttä Actual result: -------------- name_equals=mänttä

This bug has been fixed in SVN. If this was a documentation problem, the fix will appear on pear.php.net by the end of next Sunday (CET). If this was a problem with the pear.php.net website, the change should be live shortly. Otherwise, the fix will appear in the package's next release. Thank you for the report and for helping us make PEAR better. Fixed now, thanks for the report Ahto.