I want to execute a mysql query right after connecting to the database to enable utf-8
SET NAMES 'utf-8' COLLATE 'utf8_unicode_ci'
and i want an answer either for a specific model all for the whole application
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In your database file set the encoding to utf8. This will cause cakephp to run the set names query.
http://book.cakephp.org/view/331/Cake-Database-Configuration