Greek shows as ??? when getting data from database

[alejandro52]

I created a databae that i added greek text in it and when i try to get the data to echo in a table i get ????.Any help? I also set the collation of the table and the field to greek_general

[kathas]

try setting it to utf8_* (like utf8_unicode_ci) and it might solve your problems...

 

it may be HTML problem (i don't think though) so before you do that

try setting:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />

[dsaba]

read this thread:

http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,134575.msg594890.html#msg594890

 

you need to set collation to utf8_bin in mysql

and also do a number of other things like set the connection in that charset as well

[alejandro52]

I tried both of them but nothing changed. I put utf8_unicode in both the table and the field.

[taith]

might be a stupid question... but do you have the greek language file installed into your computer?

[alejandro52]

might not be a stupid one... .You mean the windows or i need an sql file to install for gree language support?I have the wamp pack.

[taith]

the windows one... 

[dsaba]

if you followed my instructions in my other post, the other thread

you need nothing extra, sql comes built in for greek support (utf-8 support)

 

if you are using windows, you need to have greek fonts added, go to regional settings, make sure greek is selected as an installed language

 

 

but i suspect it is not because of that, did you set the connection for mysql to utf-8 ???

and did you save you php file in utf-8, there were a bunch of steps in my thread that I linked

did you follow it???

[alejandro52]

hehe, yeah i got the windows greek language installed. And i just noticed the post with the link.Ill go check it out.

[alejandro52]

I tried all the steps but nothing happened. Except this one 2. the connection to your database must be in that charset with the SET NAMES code. When i connect to the database i have

 

	$query = 'SELECT * FROM erotiseis ORDER BY id DESC';

$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . mysql_error());

 

how should i change it to do the step you said

[dsaba]

it is like this:

 

$connect = mysql_connect("address", "name", "password") or 
                   die ("Hey loser, check your server connection.");
mysql_select_db("mysql_name", $connect);

$sql = "SET NAMES utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin";
mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());

$query = 'SELECT * FROM erotiseis ORDER BY id DESC';

$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Query failed: ' . mysql_error());

 

once you SET NAMES, basically this means this connection now sends data to and from mysql in utf-8 charset, you can run as many queries as you want after that, you only have to SET NAMES once after you connect to the database

[alejandro52]

Indeed.That did the Job. Thx for the help.

[dsaba]

glad you solved it I had a mess of problems before that led me to enlightenment on such subjects of language universal support

 

So I try to spread the knowledge

 

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