Hi,
I want to make sure something is write.
My database tables are utf8_unicode_ci and my site encoding and header is utf-8 etc and so on.
I done a test and in my guestbook i entered this:
á ʵßăāÇϢϞﻨ☺ ▓ ▓ẻ ▓ẻṎ ۞ ݤ
Now great it displays on the webpage like it should and i tested other languages to etc, but on checking this in phpmyadmin it is showing in the text field value area in phpmyadmin as:
á ʵßăÄÇϢϞﻨ☺ â–“ ▓ẻ ▓ẻṎ Ûž ݤ
Can someone tell me why this is showing like this in phpmyadmin? i mean is it stored like that and it that normal or should it be stored exactly as i typed it? It is happening on all foreign language like chineese etc aswell, basically all foreign languages.
I checked to ensure and in phpmyadmin it says:
MySQL connection collation: utf8_unicode_ci and MySQL charset: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8)
Maybe it's phpmyadmin? if so what must i do to get phpmyadmin to display utf-8 correctly, either that or mysql is not storing it rite although it displays fine when outputting to webpage.
Thanks for any help, btw must say this is a great site, very quick support and very nice helpful people on here, so thanks to everyone who has already helped me since joining earlier on today! :)
Thank you!
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