Question

I have a simple script which inserts values from a text file into a mysqldatabase – however some accented characters aren’t inserted properly. Like lets say I have a word:

Reykjavík

I try to insert it using a simple insert sql statement and instead I this value ends up in the database????

Reykjavík

How do I fix this?

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I tried to change the collation – the thing is that I’m using navicat here and if I lets say try to insert any such word with accentuated characters like this using the navicat QUery generator or panel it is inserted perfectly with no problem whatso ever – however my php script when it runs a similar query end s up putting trash in the table 🙁 whats going on here…

Answer 1

The set of questions marks is because you are inserting a character whose encoding is not understood by MySQL. Try collating with utf8_bin. This should work.