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Asked: 2026-06-12T01:46:28+00:00

I’m getting this kind of result in my database ’ everytime i’m typing this

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I’m getting this kind of result in my database ’ everytime i’m typing this character ’

I already use mysql_query('SET CHARACTER SET utf8'); when fetching data from my database.

I already have <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />..... this one on my HTML.

What else is lacking here? Your help would be greatly appreciated and rewarded!

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  1. Editorial Team

    I notice that you’re running this query… mysql_query('SET CHARACTER SET utf8');
    Try changing that to this… 

    mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");

    That should ensure that the connection is UTF-8.

    Also try going through the list of items on this article… http://blog.loftdigital.com/blog/php-utf-8-cheatsheet
    This lists the steps that are needed to make sure you’re using UTF-8 from front to back in your site/application but in summary:

    • Check you’ve got PHP’s mbstring extension and you have mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8'); set in your script.
    • Make sure you’re running this MySQL query after connecting to your database mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'"); which ensures the connection is UTF-8.
    • Set the HTTP header of your output… header('Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8');. This doesn’t seem to be needed if you’ve set mb_internal_encoding() above but useful for debugging
    • Make sure the output encoding of your HTML page is set… <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
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