title: Special (german) characters from mssql to php
body: <p>I'm accessing a MS SQL Server 2008 R2 database via ODBC (32-Bit SQL-Server driver) to get some data with special characters in them. When I <code>var_dump</code> the data with the special characters in php (windows console not in browser) I don't get the correct characters (e.g. "³" for "ß").</p>
  
  <p>I've tried to change the collation but I don't really know which one to use to get the correct characters. </p>
  
  <p>The mssql column is a <code>varchar</code> with collation <code>Latin1_General_CI_AS</code>.</p>
  
  <p>And in the ODBC configuration I marked the "perform translation for character data".</p>
  
  <p>I've been searching for hours now but haven't anything of use yet. Any ideas?</p>