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Asked: 2026-05-23T11:39:40+00:00

I have a problem in Language Encoding in PHP as my php file should

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I have a problem in Language Encoding in PHP as my php file should display both English and Arabic Characters.

Some web page parts are static and others are dynamic (data comes from a Sybase database) and the language encoding of database is ok as data is displayed well in it.

My web page has some drop down lists that are dynamic but they display the data in a strange format which is not English or Arabic like squares and unknown symbols.

I checked the possible causes and did many solutions like:-

  • Changing the encoding of the PHP script:

    Saving File with the Name : WebPage1 of Type : PHP and Encoding : ANSI or UTF-8 or Unicode.

  • Changing the HTML encoding declaration:

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1256" />

  • Changing the PHP encoding declaration:

    header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8);
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1256');

  • Changing the database tables font and language:

    Arial(Arabic).

The problem still exists and I do not know what I can do to solve that.

Can you suggest any solution?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Check your database connection, make sure the sybase_connect connects with UTF-8 as charset.
    See http://php.net/manual/en/function.sybase-connect.php

    From the comment that you are using ODBC to connect: There seems to be an issue with PHP/ODBC and UTF8. Some suggestions are mentioned in this thread: Php/ODBC encoding problem

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