Question

I can’t get swedish character like å ä ö in my tables when i use MySQL tables in my localhost. I use DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 when I create the tables, but not working! All files with the PHP code are in UTF-8.

Preciate some help! Thanks!

Answer 1

You may also need it on your client as well. I’ve found this weird issue when inserting UTF-8 characters (Japanese) into a MySQL database which can be solved by running the query:

SET NAMES 'utf8'

Immediately after connecting to the database.

Edit: Here is an example of using SET NAMES 'utf8' after connecting to a database:

$db = new mysqli($config['db_host'], $config['db_user'], $config['db_pass'], $config['db_name']);
if(!$db || $db->connect_error)
{
  // Some error code handling here
}
else
{
  // need this for JP inserts
  $db->query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
}