How to insert an hebrew value into a mysql db in php

Question

I\'m trying to insert an hebrew value into my mysql db, instead of hebrew the values looks like that.

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Answer 1

I think I figure it out: here's my code:

$conn = mysqli_connect($dbserver,$dbuser,$dbpwd,$dbname);

if (mysqli_connect_errno()){
    printf("Connection failed: %s\n" , mysqli_connect_errno());
    exit();
}

printf("Initial character set: %s\n", mysqli_character_set_name($conn));

/* change character set to utf8 */
if (!mysqli_set_charset($conn, "hebrew")) {
    printf("Error loading character set hebrew: %s\n", mysqli_error($conn));
    exit();
} else {
    printf("Current character set: %s\n", mysqli_character_set_name($conn));
}