[fw-mvc] Zend_Form html entities problem

Hi everyone,

quick question; I am trying to create a dropdown box with all the country codes and names. The problem is, however, that many of these countries need html entities (as they contain umlauts, accent graves etcetera). If I use html entities like ë it will be converted by zend_form to ¨

Does anyone know how to circumvent this?

Sample code:

$this->addElement('select', 'country', array(

    'validators' => array(

        array(

         'regex', false, array('/^[A-Z]{2}$/',

),

),

    'label'=>'Land:',

    'required' => true,

'multiOptions' => array(

'AF'=>'Afghanistan','AL'=>'Albanië','DZ'=>'Algerije','AS'=>'Amerikaanse Samoa','AD'=>'Andorra','AO'=>'Angola','AI'=>'Anguilla',

),

'decorators' => $this->elementDecorators

));

Thanks for helping!

Regards,

Pieter