PHP, Javascript Encoding a url..

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I have a scenario as described below.

File "a" Server.php:

Reads a report name out of a .txt file and echo's it.

File "b" Client.html:

Send a request to Server.php to read the file and receives the name of the report(XmlHttpRequest.responsetext)

This is working well for all types of reports and foreign languages when i just echo it, however now i want to encode the report name in Server.php and then send it to Client.html. And the encoding is failing or not giving me the text i want.

For Example:
The actual report name is:
Type [11432304]español Date10-26-2011-Time10-52-11
After encoding else where in the project it is: 
Type+%5B11432304%5Despa%F1ol+Date10-26-2011-Time10-52-11
But when i encode it is:
%EF%BB%BFType+%5B11432304%5Despa%C3%B1ol+Date10-26-2011-Time10-52-11

Server.php
header( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8' );
if(isset($_GET['read'])
{
        $newfileNameandType  = "Sample.txt"; //This is a notepad saved with [11432304]español Date10-26-2011-Time10-52-11 in utf-8 format.
        if (file_exists($newfileNameandType)) 
	{
		$myfile=fopen($newfileNameandType,'r');
                $NewReportAddress = fread($myfile, filesize($newfileNameandType));
		fclose($myfile);
                echo urlencode($NewReportAddress); // This is not giving me the correct encoded text like elsewhere.
        }
}
?>

Code gurus am i missing something? How do i get "Type+%5B11432304%5Despa%F1ol+Date10-26-2011-Time10-52-11" when i encode but not "%EF%BB%BFType+%5B11432304%5Despa%C3%B1ol+Date10-26-2011-Time10-52-11".

Thanks for your time.