Can't get the encoding right in MySQL

Question

I have been struggling with encoding problems in MySQL for a while. I am building a database that will contain not only Latin but Cyrillic and Arabic text as well. So here is an

Answer 1

ensure that you have this meta in your page's header

Also you could try executing this query right after connecting to the db :

"SET NAMES 'utf8'"

Hope this helps. Cheers