[TYPO3-mvc] Problems with Umlaute

[Michael Knoll]

Hello list,

we are having problems with umlaute. When sending a form from backend 
(which I suppose is UTF8), we get the correct string if I do a 
die($string) in my Controller.

When I use the string so set my property on the domain object and save 
it to database, it is not saved as UTF8.

If I manually change the property in the database and render the 
property in my FLUID template, I get a "?" instead of my Umlaut, no 
matter which coding I chose.

My locale / language settings in TS look like this:

config {
	// Character sets
	renderCharset 		= utf-8
	metaCharset 		= utf-8

	language         	= de
	locale_all       	= de_DE.UTF-8
	htmlTag_langKey  	= de
}


Here is a sample action in my controller:

public function updateItemTitleAction(Tx_Yag_Domain_Model_Item $item, 
$itemTitle) {
	$item->setTitle($itemTitle);
	
	$this->itemRepository->update($item);
	
	$this->returnDataAndShutDown();
}


We use this action for an Ajax call - here non-utf8 chars are saved in 
the database.

If we use a FLUID form and send it to the server, the string is "cut" 
before the Umlaut and only the beginning of the string is saved in the 
database.


Any help is highly appreciated!


Thanks in advance!


Mimi