more utf-8 woes

[tgavin]

MySQL charset: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8)
MySQL connection collation: utf8_unicode_ci
Database Collation: utf8_unicode_ci
All tables: utf8_unicode_ci
All varchar, chars, etc.: utf8_unicode_ci
Server version: 4.1.22-standard
PHP 5

Why is it, that when I type ™©®, etc. into phpMyAdmin I see the characters as intended. However, when posting directly into mysql ($_POST['foo']) using PHP 5, and then looking at them again in phpMyAdmin I see crap?

if I print_r($_POST) in the PHP page, the characters are there, perfect.
If I insert directly via the post

INSERT INTO foo (field) VALUES ($_POST['foo'])

I see crap.

It's only after the INSERT that I see the problem.

[tgavin]

I fixed it. I modified my.cnf with

init-connect='SET NAMES utf8'