charset issue with mysql

Question

I\'m trying to store the following line in mysql:

$data = \"After 30μs, what fraction of the charge will remain?\"

If I display $data on HTML P

Answer 1

Make sure your column's charset is utf-8, then use this method for inserting:

INSERT INTO my_table VALUES( 
    _utf8'After 30μs, what fraction of the charge will remain?', ...
);

and this for reading:

SELECT BINARY my_column FROM my_table;