[ILUG] PHP plus Celtic languages

[kevin]

Somewhat OT but the combination computer skills plus knowledge of Gaelic on 
this list could be just right.

I am developing an e-learning website on the Cornish language for a group 
based at Exeter University, the site is being developed in PHP. 

Cornish uses some accents including t-cedilla in words such as 

conveţhaz - Verb, to understand

I can write this using codes in UTF-8 like conveţhaz which can be saved 
to the MySQL database with no problems. However when I want to pass some 
cornish words from one page to another using:

$urlcode = urlencode($cornishword);
echo "<a href=\"scripts/popup.php?cword=$urlcode\">test</a>";

When I use the above it works fine until I hit words like conveţhaz which PHP 
sees on the other side as conve with the rest chopped off. Any ideas?

Thanks

Kevin.