Although Microsoft Windows smart quotes are the usual culprits for web developers who need to display strings on devices powered by operating systems other than Windows, there are in fact a number of other Windows-only special characters that can potentially rear their heads every now and then.

Below is a handy list of string replaces (done verbosely for easier reading) that will replace these Windows special characters with accepted alternatives which can more easily be ported across to different systems:

 $str = str_replace(chr(130), ',', $str);    // baseline single quote
 $str = str_replace(chr(131), 'NLG', $str);  // florin
 $str = str_replace(chr(132), '"', $str);    // baseline double quote
 $str = str_replace(chr(133), '...', $str);  // ellipsis
 $str = str_replace(chr(134), '**', $str);   // dagger (a second footnote)
 $str = str_replace(chr(135), '***', $str);  // double dagger (a third footnote)
 $str = str_replace(chr(136), '^', $str);    // circumflex accent
 $str = str_replace(chr(137), 'o/oo', $str); // permile
 $str = str_replace(chr(138), 'Sh', $str);   // S Hacek
 $str = str_replace(chr(139), '<', $str);    // left single guillemet
 $str = str_replace(chr(140), 'OE', $str);   // OE ligature
 $str = str_replace(chr(145), "'", $str);    // left single quote
 $str = str_replace(chr(146), "'", $str);    // right single quote
 $str = str_replace(chr(147), '"', $str);    // left double quote
 $str = str_replace(chr(148), '"', $str);    // right double quote
 $str = str_replace(chr(149), '-', $str);    // bullet
 $str = str_replace(chr(150), '-', $str);    // endash
 $str = str_replace(chr(151), '--', $str);   // emdash
 $str = str_replace(chr(152), '~', $str);    // tilde accent
 $str = str_replace(chr(153), '(TM)', $str); // trademark ligature
 $str = str_replace(chr(154), 'sh', $str);   // s Hacek
 $str = str_replace(chr(155), '>', $str);    // right single guillemet
 $str = str_replace(chr(156), 'oe', $str);   // oe ligature
 $str = str_replace(chr(159), 'Y', $str);    // Y Dieresis

Should be useful.