Question

I am using php to get some data from MySQL and displaying it in a table. In db table, they appear just fine, but when I display them in browse, some characters (special character with two dots on top and hats) appear as “?”. What am I doing wrong? Thanks

Answer 1

You need to set the encoding of the SQL connection as well:

mysqli_set_chartset('utf8');
// or (not recommended though):
mysqli_query('SET NAMES \'utf8\'');