PHP/MySQL encoding problems. � instead of certain characters

Question

I have come across some problems when inputting certain characters into my mysql database using php. What I am doing is submitting user inputted text to a database. I cannot

Answer 1

You will need to set your database in utf-8 yes. There is many ways to do it. By changin the config file, via phpmyadmin or by calling php function (sorry memory blank) right before insert and update the mysql.

Unfortunately, i think you will have to re-enter any data you entered before.

One thing you also need to know, from personnal experience, make sure all table with relation have the same collation or you won'T be able to JOIN them.

as reference: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/charset-syntax.html

Also, i can be a apache setting. We've experienced the same issue on 'free-hosting' server as well as on my brother's server. Once switched to another server, all the charater's became neat. Verfiy you apache setting, sorry but i can't bting more light on apache's config.