PDO - query resultset corrupt op Linux

Ik probeer php/pdo/smarty/mysql te leren aan de hand van een boek De voorbeeld code geeft verschllende resultaten op Windows en Linux:

LINUX:
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WINDOWS:
Array ( [0] => Array ( [product_id] => 10 [name] => Haute Couture [description] => This stamp publicized the dress making industry. Use it to celebrate the T-shirt industry! [price] => 15.99 [discounted_price] => 14.95 [thumbnail] => haute-couture-thumbnail.gif ) [1] => Array ( [product_id] => 51 [name] => Tankanyika Giraffe [description] => The photographer had to stand on a step ladder for this handsome portrait, but his efforts paid off with an angle we seldom see of this lofty creature... [price] => 15.00 [discounted_price] => 12.99 [thumbnail] => tankanyika-giraffe-thumbnail.gif ) [2] => Array ( [product_id] => 84 [name] => Mistletoe [description] => This well-known parasite and killer of trees was revered by the Druids, who would go out and gather it with great ceremony. Youths would go about with... [price] => 19.00 [discounted_price] => 17.99 [thumbnail] => mistletoe-thumbnail.gif ) [3] => Array ( [product_id] => 69 [name] => Colombia Flower [description] => Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union, a date to mark on your calendar and on which to wear this T-shirt! [price] => 14.50 [discounted_price] => 12.95 [thumbnail] => colombia-flower-thumbnail.gif ) )

Heeft iemand een idee waar het probleem zit?