charset

[sujith787]

in my PHP Mysql data base i have a table.
the table field values are in UNICODE FONT. (eg:. எடுத்து காட்டு.) this is UNICODE TAMIL FONT. but when i retrive that same data from the table the output come like this ?????????????????????? . what is the problem. wht i have to do for this is there any collation type to display the UNICODE fonts correctly? i tried UTF8_UNICODE_ci collation.

please sort out this problem.

i tried by changing the php.ini file

default_charset = "utf-8"

[Twey]

PHP doesn't handle multibyte characters well. There are some hacks to attempt to implement it (such as the mbstring extension) but it would be much easier to go with a different language.

[sujith787]

but, i get error only with the text which comes from database.
in the same page. the other texts (static texts) are display correctly

[sujith787]

when i see the database the text display correctly. when i get that same text in my php page it comes like "?????????????????????????????"

in the same page i have same unicode static text they comes good in php

[Twey]

Have you executed:

mysql_query('set names \'utf-8\'')

before querying your database?

[sujith787]

thank you mr twey.

i didnt do that. actually i dont know whts that.

can u please tell me where i have to do that. how i have to excecute it plz tell me

[Twey]

It's a simple PHP statement... put it after connecting to your database and before executing your UTF-8 queries.

[sujith787]

thank you twey.

i tried this also. but didnt get anything.

iam entering datas directly in the database.
the text in database table is correct.

but when i retrive it in php page i get error.

http://brownjoint.com/tamilsource/we...azine/test.php

this is the link in this page

"விளம்பரம்...." and "மனிதனின் தலையில்................................"

both are static text whih i am getting correctly..


in the right side top we have text like " ??????????????????? 1" and
" ????????????? 2"

this text iam getting from mysql data base. but in database this are "வணக்கம் 1" and " நன்றி 2"

but when i get this text in php page in output it comes like "?????????? 1" and " ???????? 2"

this is the exact problem.

please tell me the problem. in mysql database i used utf8_general_collation,
i changed my php.ini file default charset "utf8"

still iam getting problem

[Twey]

iam entering datas directly in the database.

Then I suspect you're entering them in the wrong character set. Have you checked the encoding on your terminal? If you're using Windows, I'm not sure how much you can do: DOS and cmd.exe are rather more limited.

[sujith787]

thanks twey.

your previous answer is correct. mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");

sorry i tried wrongly.

thanks a lot for your help