Accentuation problem in my mod opensearch

[testebr]

Hi,

I'm made the mod called OpenSearch Easy. Work fine, but if in description field of the board has some accentuated word, the browser rejects to add the search engine.

the xml problem it in this line:

<Description>$vboptions[description]</Description>

If I create the xml manually and place in the forum folder how .xml the browser accept with no problem.

How to fix this my problem?

I thought about generating the xml with an external php using specific headers, but I would like to use the misc.php?do=page like the initial release of my plugin.

Thanks advanced