Some characters become “�” in our webpage
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I use PHP to access a database to get a string like this
‘Chloe’ Fashion Show & Dinner
and then I do a printf() to output the string as html, but my webpage shows this:
�Chloe� Fashion Show & Dinner
All contents are English-based, do I miss something in PHP?
Where should I be checking?
php string encoding
edited Nov 11 at 6:59
Cœur
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asked Oct 31 '13 at 9:28
Joe Huang
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favorite
I use PHP to access a database to get a string like this
‘Chloe’ Fashion Show & Dinner
and then I do a printf() to output the string as html, but my webpage shows this:
�Chloe� Fashion Show & Dinner
All contents are English-based, do I miss something in PHP?
Where should I be checking?
php string encoding
edited Nov 11 at 6:59
Cœur
17.1k9102140
asked Oct 31 '13 at 9:28
Joe Huang
3,74242459
1
Do you have the utf8 meta tag ?
– Patsy Issa
Oct 31 '13 at 9:29
Add utf8 meta tag in HTML page ..
– Akhil Thayyil
Oct 31 '13 at 9:30
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
– Akhil Thayyil
Oct 31 '13 at 9:30
1
Check for the document's character set. You can see and change with a code editor like "Notepad++". Try to convert utf8.
– R. Canser Yanbakan
Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8")solves the problem, thanks a lot guys.
– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 10:00
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
favorite
up vote
1
down vote
favorite
I use PHP to access a database to get a string like this
‘Chloe’ Fashion Show & Dinner
and then I do a printf() to output the string as html, but my webpage shows this:
�Chloe� Fashion Show & Dinner
All contents are English-based, do I miss something in PHP?
Where should I be checking?
php string encoding
edited Nov 11 at 6:59
Cœur
17.1k9102140
asked Oct 31 '13 at 9:28
Joe Huang
3,74242459
I use PHP to access a database to get a string like this
‘Chloe’ Fashion Show & Dinner
and then I do a printf() to output the string as html, but my webpage shows this:
�Chloe� Fashion Show & Dinner
All contents are English-based, do I miss something in PHP?
Where should I be checking?
php string encoding
php string encoding
edited Nov 11 at 6:59
Cœur
17.1k9102140
asked Oct 31 '13 at 9:28
Joe Huang
3,74242459
edited Nov 11 at 6:59
Cœur
17.1k9102140
asked Oct 31 '13 at 9:28
Joe Huang
3,74242459
edited Nov 11 at 6:59
Cœur
17.1k9102140
edited Nov 11 at 6:59
Cœur
17.1k9102140
edited Nov 11 at 6:59
Cœur
17.1k9102140
17.1k9102140
asked Oct 31 '13 at 9:28
Joe Huang
3,74242459
asked Oct 31 '13 at 9:28
Joe Huang
3,74242459
asked Oct 31 '13 at 9:28
Joe Huang
3,74242459
3,74242459
1
Do you have the utf8 meta tag ?
– Patsy Issa
Oct 31 '13 at 9:29
Add utf8 meta tag in HTML page ..
– Akhil Thayyil
Oct 31 '13 at 9:30
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
– Akhil Thayyil
Oct 31 '13 at 9:30
1
Check for the document's character set. You can see and change with a code editor like "Notepad++". Try to convert utf8.
– R. Canser Yanbakan
Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8")solves the problem, thanks a lot guys.
– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 10:00
add a comment |
1
Do you have the utf8 meta tag ?
– Patsy Issa
Oct 31 '13 at 9:29
Add utf8 meta tag in HTML page ..
– Akhil Thayyil
Oct 31 '13 at 9:30
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
– Akhil Thayyil
Oct 31 '13 at 9:30
1
Check for the document's character set. You can see and change with a code editor like "Notepad++". Try to convert utf8.
– R. Canser Yanbakan
Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8")solves the problem, thanks a lot guys.
– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 10:00
1
1
Do you have the utf8 meta tag ?
– Patsy Issa
Oct 31 '13 at 9:29
Do you have the utf8 meta tag ?
– Patsy Issa
Oct 31 '13 at 9:29
Add utf8 meta tag in HTML page ..
– Akhil Thayyil
Oct 31 '13 at 9:30
Add utf8 meta tag in HTML page ..
– Akhil Thayyil
Oct 31 '13 at 9:30
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
– Akhil Thayyil
Oct 31 '13 at 9:30
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
– Akhil Thayyil
Oct 31 '13 at 9:30
1
1
Check for the document's character set. You can see and change with a code editor like "Notepad++". Try to convert utf8.
– R. Canser Yanbakan
Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
Check for the document's character set. You can see and change with a code editor like "Notepad++". Try to convert utf8.
– R. Canser Yanbakan
Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8") solves the problem, thanks a lot guys.– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 10:00
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8") solves the problem, thanks a lot guys.– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 10:00
add a comment |
3 Answers
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- Check if your .php file is encoded as UTF-8 without BOM
- Check that your connection to the database is UTF-8
- Check that you send
<meta charset="utf-8">in your HTML markup in the<head>tag
If your connection to the database is not UTF-8 and you don't want to change it (but I recommend it -> everything UTF-8 is the most secure solution against character rubbish) use utf8_encode($databaseValue) to ensure the encoding of your value is UTF-8.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
TiMESPLiNTER
4,19811547
1
I'd also check Apache/PHP config to send default charset utf8, mostly the problem is the first point you mention anyways, the file contents itself should be utf8 of course
– DanFromGermany
Oct 31 '13 at 9:33
I useutf8_encodeand�characters are not there anymore. However, the original characters‘are gone too. It's kind of weird.
– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:52
Have you checked and fixed all 3 points of my checklist?
– TiMESPLiNTER
Oct 31 '13 at 9:53
1
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8")solves the problem, thanks a lot.
– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:57
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Make sure that you use:
<meta charset="utf-8">
in the head of your page.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
Wayne Whitty
15.3k33358
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
You need to add charset meta tag in 'head' section of html.
Note that the meta tag must appear within the first 1024 bytes of rendered page.
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
edited Oct 31 '13 at 11:08
Joran Den Houting
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answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
jondinham
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3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
3 Answers
3
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
6
down vote
accepted
- Check if your .php file is encoded as UTF-8 without BOM
- Check that your connection to the database is UTF-8
- Check that you send
<meta charset="utf-8">in your HTML markup in the<head>tag
If your connection to the database is not UTF-8 and you don't want to change it (but I recommend it -> everything UTF-8 is the most secure solution against character rubbish) use utf8_encode($databaseValue) to ensure the encoding of your value is UTF-8.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
TiMESPLiNTER
4,19811547
1
I'd also check Apache/PHP config to send default charset utf8, mostly the problem is the first point you mention anyways, the file contents itself should be utf8 of course
– DanFromGermany
Oct 31 '13 at 9:33
I useutf8_encodeand�characters are not there anymore. However, the original characters‘are gone too. It's kind of weird.
– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:52
Have you checked and fixed all 3 points of my checklist?
– TiMESPLiNTER
Oct 31 '13 at 9:53
1
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8")solves the problem, thanks a lot.
– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:57
add a comment |
up vote
6
down vote
accepted
- Check if your .php file is encoded as UTF-8 without BOM
- Check that your connection to the database is UTF-8
- Check that you send
<meta charset="utf-8">in your HTML markup in the<head>tag
If your connection to the database is not UTF-8 and you don't want to change it (but I recommend it -> everything UTF-8 is the most secure solution against character rubbish) use utf8_encode($databaseValue) to ensure the encoding of your value is UTF-8.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
TiMESPLiNTER
4,19811547
1
I'd also check Apache/PHP config to send default charset utf8, mostly the problem is the first point you mention anyways, the file contents itself should be utf8 of course
– DanFromGermany
Oct 31 '13 at 9:33
I useutf8_encodeand�characters are not there anymore. However, the original characters‘are gone too. It's kind of weird.
– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:52
Have you checked and fixed all 3 points of my checklist?
– TiMESPLiNTER
Oct 31 '13 at 9:53
1
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8")solves the problem, thanks a lot.
– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:57
add a comment |
up vote
6
down vote
accepted
up vote
6
down vote
accepted
- Check if your .php file is encoded as UTF-8 without BOM
- Check that your connection to the database is UTF-8
- Check that you send
<meta charset="utf-8">in your HTML markup in the<head>tag
If your connection to the database is not UTF-8 and you don't want to change it (but I recommend it -> everything UTF-8 is the most secure solution against character rubbish) use utf8_encode($databaseValue) to ensure the encoding of your value is UTF-8.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
TiMESPLiNTER
4,19811547
- Check if your .php file is encoded as UTF-8 without BOM
- Check that your connection to the database is UTF-8
- Check that you send
<meta charset="utf-8">in your HTML markup in the<head>tag
If your connection to the database is not UTF-8 and you don't want to change it (but I recommend it -> everything UTF-8 is the most secure solution against character rubbish) use utf8_encode($databaseValue) to ensure the encoding of your value is UTF-8.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
TiMESPLiNTER
4,19811547
edited Jan 9 '14 at 8:02
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
TiMESPLiNTER
4,19811547
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
TiMESPLiNTER
4,19811547
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
TiMESPLiNTER
4,19811547
4,19811547
1
I'd also check Apache/PHP config to send default charset utf8, mostly the problem is the first point you mention anyways, the file contents itself should be utf8 of course
– DanFromGermany
Oct 31 '13 at 9:33
I useutf8_encodeand�characters are not there anymore. However, the original characters‘are gone too. It's kind of weird.
– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:52
Have you checked and fixed all 3 points of my checklist?
– TiMESPLiNTER
Oct 31 '13 at 9:53
1
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8")solves the problem, thanks a lot.
– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:57
add a comment |
1
I'd also check Apache/PHP config to send default charset utf8, mostly the problem is the first point you mention anyways, the file contents itself should be utf8 of course
– DanFromGermany
Oct 31 '13 at 9:33
I useutf8_encodeand�characters are not there anymore. However, the original characters‘are gone too. It's kind of weird.
– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:52
Have you checked and fixed all 3 points of my checklist?
– TiMESPLiNTER
Oct 31 '13 at 9:53
1
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8")solves the problem, thanks a lot.
– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:57
1
1
I'd also check Apache/PHP config to send default charset utf8, mostly the problem is the first point you mention anyways, the file contents itself should be utf8 of course
– DanFromGermany
Oct 31 '13 at 9:33
I'd also check Apache/PHP config to send default charset utf8, mostly the problem is the first point you mention anyways, the file contents itself should be utf8 of course
– DanFromGermany
Oct 31 '13 at 9:33
I use
utf8_encode and � characters are not there anymore. However, the original characters ‘ are gone too. It's kind of weird.– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:52
I use
utf8_encode and � characters are not there anymore. However, the original characters ‘ are gone too. It's kind of weird.– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:52
Have you checked and fixed all 3 points of my checklist?
– TiMESPLiNTER
Oct 31 '13 at 9:53
Have you checked and fixed all 3 points of my checklist?
– TiMESPLiNTER
Oct 31 '13 at 9:53
1
1
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8") solves the problem, thanks a lot.– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:57
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8") solves the problem, thanks a lot.– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 9:57
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Make sure that you use:
<meta charset="utf-8">
in the head of your page.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
Wayne Whitty
15.3k33358
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
Make sure that you use:
<meta charset="utf-8">
in the head of your page.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
Wayne Whitty
15.3k33358
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
Make sure that you use:
<meta charset="utf-8">
in the head of your page.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
Wayne Whitty
15.3k33358
Make sure that you use:
<meta charset="utf-8">
in the head of your page.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
Wayne Whitty
15.3k33358
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
Wayne Whitty
15.3k33358
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
Wayne Whitty
15.3k33358
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
Wayne Whitty
15.3k33358
15.3k33358
add a comment |
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
You need to add charset meta tag in 'head' section of html.
Note that the meta tag must appear within the first 1024 bytes of rendered page.
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
edited Oct 31 '13 at 11:08
Joran Den Houting
2,74431647
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
jondinham
4,7041260119
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
You need to add charset meta tag in 'head' section of html.
Note that the meta tag must appear within the first 1024 bytes of rendered page.
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
edited Oct 31 '13 at 11:08
Joran Den Houting
2,74431647
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
jondinham
4,7041260119
add a comment |
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
You need to add charset meta tag in 'head' section of html.
Note that the meta tag must appear within the first 1024 bytes of rendered page.
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
edited Oct 31 '13 at 11:08
Joran Den Houting
2,74431647
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
jondinham
4,7041260119
You need to add charset meta tag in 'head' section of html.
Note that the meta tag must appear within the first 1024 bytes of rendered page.
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
edited Oct 31 '13 at 11:08
Joran Den Houting
2,74431647
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
jondinham
4,7041260119
edited Oct 31 '13 at 11:08
Joran Den Houting
2,74431647
edited Oct 31 '13 at 11:08
Joran Den Houting
2,74431647
edited Oct 31 '13 at 11:08
Joran Den Houting
2,74431647
2,74431647
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
jondinham
4,7041260119
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
jondinham
4,7041260119
answered Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
jondinham
4,7041260119
4,7041260119
add a comment |
add a comment |
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Do you have the utf8 meta tag ?
– Patsy Issa
Oct 31 '13 at 9:29
Add utf8 meta tag in HTML page ..
– Akhil Thayyil
Oct 31 '13 at 9:30
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
– Akhil Thayyil
Oct 31 '13 at 9:30
1
Check for the document's character set. You can see and change with a code editor like "Notepad++". Try to convert utf8.
– R. Canser Yanbakan
Oct 31 '13 at 9:31
mysqli_set_charset($link, "utf8")solves the problem, thanks a lot guys.– Joe Huang
Oct 31 '13 at 10:00