Resolving incorrect character encoding when displaying MySQL database results after upgrade to PHP 5.3

Question

Issue Description

After upgrading PHP on our development server from 5.2 to 5.3, we\'re encountering an issue where data requested from our database and displayed

Answer 1

I see you've tried this, but the syntax I use is: mysql_query("SET NAMES utf8"). Your syntax may be correct, I've just never seen it like that before.

Example:

// connect to database stuff
$Connection = mysql_connect($server, $username, $password)
or die ("Error connecting to server");

// connect to database stuff
$db = mysql_select_db($database, $Connection)
or die ("Error selecting database");

mysql_query("SET NAMES utf8");