Question

I insert/update text to utf8_unicode_ci encoded table with mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");

It appears like “ş,ğ,ü” in the mysql table. But when i print it with PHP,

it appears like “� ??” on the page.

I tried to add

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

but didn’t work.

How can i show unicode chars correctly on the page ?

Thanks

Answer 1

You should be using :

mysql_set_charset('utf8');

instead of

mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'")

and I would suggesting setting headers in PHP too

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