Save Data in Arabic in MySQL database

Question

I have changed the charset of the tables and of the column, i get the arabic text as ???? marks in MYSQL database

here is the design of the table

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Answer 1

To read ,write and sort Arabic text in mysql database using php correctly, make sure that:

1. MySQL charset: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8)

2. MySQL connection collation: utf8_general_ci

3. your database and table collations are set to: utf8_general_ci or utf8_unicode_ci

Then, add this code in your php script when you connect to db:

mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
mysql_query('SET CHARACTER SET utf8');

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