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cant store arabic text in mysql ! - El Forum - 04-05-2010
[eluser]3m masr[/eluser]
hi everyone ,
i am using codeigniter and trying to store arabic text in my mysql database results in question marks ????? instead of the text i stored in arabic .. i wanna know if any changes should be made in the db or the form i use ( i am using the scaffolding by the way ) .. any help will be strongly appreciated !
cant store arabic text in mysql ! - El Forum - 04-05-2010
[eluser]abada[/eluser]
hi 3m masr
be sure the db encoding is utf-8
it work with me
cant store arabic text in mysql ! - El Forum - 04-07-2010
[eluser]3m masr[/eluser]
thanks man
i had to change the fields encoding to utf8_general_ci
and put an encoding instruction using html in index.php
cant store arabic text in mysql ! - El Forum - 04-07-2010
[eluser]abada[/eluser]
good luck my friend