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Asked: 2026-05-21T17:35:55+00:00

I am wondering what the best way to convert an string into UTF-8 using

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I am wondering what the best way to convert an string into UTF-8 using PHP is.

The following looks ok on the page, but in MySQL some characters are looking garbled.

  • MYSQL: UPGRADE EVENT – New Mazda2 from £124.99 per month. Representative 0% APR over 3 years. Min 50% deposit required. Call xxxxxxxxxxxx for test drive, info or Ts&Cs.
  • ON PAGE: UPGRADE EVENT - New Mazda2 from £124.99 per month. Representative 0% APR over 3 years. Min 50% deposit required. Call xxxxxxxxxxxx for test drive, info or Ts&Cs.

I have looked at iconv, mb_string, html_entity_decode, htmlentities, mb_convert_encoding etc..

The database collation is utf8_unicode_ci and the tables’ charset is utf8.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try using mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'") (or dbh->exec("SET NAMES 'utf8'")) to set the encoding of the connection.

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