Import from CSV in PHP (mysql) shows characterses like '???'

Question

When I am importing from CSV, it is showing me characters like ???

My DB and tables are aleady set to utf8 unicode ci and arabic and other data shows proper

Answer 1

Could you please check if your column's collation is also UTF8 unicode?

You can run mysql> show full columns from employees;

and check the output to make sure even the column's collation is able to accept UTF8.

EDIT CSV can't store UTF-8 data unless the UTF-8 Byte Order Mark (BOM) is set.

I don't know if the CSV you are saving is retaining the UTF-8 characters. Maybe you should try opening the CSV in noteapd and see if you get the characters properly.

EDIT2 I just modified the code to have it read the CSV properly and the form has a new accept attribute.

    






    

        

            
            


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 CSV Should be in Below Format:
Full Name: Employee Number: Department: Email:
    


    

        

        
    
query("INSERT INTO employees (first_name, emp_number,department,email) VALUES ('".$name."','".$emp_number."','".$department."','".$email."')");
            $c = $c + 1;
        }

            if($sql){
                echo "You database has imported successfully. You have inserted ". $c ." Records";
                echo '← View Inserted Records';
            }else{
                echo "Sorry! There is some problem. 
".$link->error;
            }

    }
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