Character encoding, CodeIgniter and MySQL

[eluser]TheFuzzy0ne[/eluser]
Oh I see. I thought that problem was outputting it from the database, not storing it.

Do you have some kind of Web interface for your database? If so, you might want to try adding some data that way, and seeing how it displays. Also, check the collation of your tables. If the table is UTF8, then the data should be stored with that encoding. If the problem is with a server which you don't maintain, then it would probably be better to speak to your service provider.