charset declared in .htaccess?

[keyplyr]

Read about declaring charset in this thread [webmasterworld.com] using:

AddType 'text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1' html

But it is not working for me. Is there a module I need to turn on?

Thanks.

[Longhaired Genius]

Try AddDefaultCharset [httpd.apache.org] (I haven't tried it)

[keyplyr]

That's it :)

[Mohamed_E]

That solves keyplyr's problem but does not explain why it works for me but not for him. Any suggestions?

I use the AddType in my .htaccess, have the charset absolutely nowhere in my html, and all validators accept my files, and the local header checker claims that the files are indeed iso-8859-1.

It seems reasonable to use the AddDefaultCharset instead (slightly more general), any reason not to?

[keyplyr]

Mohamed_E, I added:

AddDefaultCharset On

to my .htaccess just above:

AddType 'text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1' html

Although my server has all mods enabled, because of their config, I usually need to turn them on at my domain. Your server config is obviously different.