can't insert russian text into mysql database

Question

When I\'m trying to insert russian text into MySQL database it inserts it like: г???????????? ?? ????????
Рісѓрїр°ріс‹рї р° с‹рір°рї

So, I have two pages: regist

Answer 1

I have tried multiple collations in phpMyAdmin as well as changing the charset of the page, which didn;t make sense but i was willing to try anything after two days of research. this command helped me: mysql_set_charset('utf8');

Collation on the column was set to koi8r_general_ci