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Asked: 2026-05-27T08:11:05+00:00

My mySQL database create shows CREATE DATABASE `foo` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE

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My mySQL database create shows

CREATE DATABASE `foo` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci */

The mySQL field collation shows utf8_unicode_ci.

The Access export specifies a Code Page of Unicode (UTF-8).

The importing query is 

LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE '/home/foo/Snapshot/tblImages.txt' INTO TABLE `tblImages` CHARACTER SET utf8 FIELDS OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '|' TERMINATED BY ';' LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';

Before drawing the page PHP issues

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

In the <head> I have

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

If I open the Access exported txt file in UltraEdit under Windows 7 I see correct accents:

Plan d’une propriété située dans la première Municipalité (1000 Dauphine corner St. Philip)

If I query the data in mySQL monitor under Linux I see:

Plan dâune propriété située dans la première Municipalité (1000 Dauphine corner St. Philip)

And when I echo the query output to a browser I see:

Plan d?une propri?t? situ?e dans la premi?re Municipalit? (1000 Dauphine corner St. Philip)

If I preface the other queries with:

SET NAMES utf8;

Then in Webkit browsers I see:

utf-8 issue

What am I missing here?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The issue was resolved by adding these queries to the connection:

    mysql_query("SET collation_connection = utf8_unicode_ci");
mysql_query("SET NAMES utf8;");

    And THEN a call to utf8_encode() wrapping the output.

    The function call ought not be needed given all of the headers and Content-Type settings…?

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