[twitter-dev] help with oauth status update utf8 issue

[alon]

hello,
i've successfully managed to login to my webapp using twitter oauth
and updated my status on twitter.
problem is that it only works fine with english. when i tried updating
my twit with hebrew utf8 it posted the utf8 char as is on the profile
page.

http://twitter.com/Laylathedog/status/1599431655

for example.

$consumer_key = 'XXX';
  $consumer_secret = 'XXX';


  $twitterObj = new EpiTwitter($consumer_key, $consumer_secret, 'XXX',
'XXXX');
  $userInfo = $twitterObj->get_accountVerify_credentials();

  $followers = $twitterObj->post_statusesUpdate(array('status' =>
$status));

  return $followers->response;

this works fine. but updates the utf8 chars.

how can i fix that?