I've got problems doing a select statement like "select * from sets where group1 = 'private'". If trying to get more than about 50 rows, php throws out some correct results, but some weird characters too. The same statement works in mysql-console. All fields are escaped. The bug is reproducable, but always gives other results. Sometimes I had to assume, that php opened some files in same directory, but i never did a file open in that script. For further information I could send you my script and a dump of my database.