Op 1/22/10 2:28 AM, Ryan Park schreef: > Forgot to reply all. > > You can see that it's in the middle of the sql statement. > It looks fine here but some how it breaks during the query. > > <?php > mysql_connect("localhost", "adminID", "password") or die(mysql_error()); > echo "Connected to MySQL<br />"; > > mysql_select_db("databasename") or die(mysql_error()); > echo "Connected to Database<br />"; > > $sql = "INSERT INTO xe_modules (module_srl, module, module_category_srl, > layout_srl, menu_srl, site_srl, mid, skin, browser_title, description, > is_default, content, open_rss, header_text, footer_text, regdate) VALUES > ('135', 'bodex', '0', '53', '0', '0', 'free', 'xe_default', '자유게시판 > ', '', 'N', '', 'Y', '', '', UNIX_TIMESTAMP());"; you need to: 1. have some understanding of char encoding and character sets. 2. define you DB[tables] to use a collation that supports the stuff you want to enter. 3. you need to connect to the DB with a suitable charset (google 'SET NAMES') 4. you need to make sure the data you are putting into your queries is in that same charset. basically you need UTF8 - be prepared for some pain and a lot of reading in order to get to grips with these concepts, I've personally found that encoding, charsets et al are not the easiest things to one's head round. > > mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error()); > > mysql_close(); > ?> > > On 1/21/2010 5:19 PM, Jim Lucas wrote: >> Ryan Park wrote: >> >>> Hello I'm currently trying to use PHP to insert foreign characters >>> into one of the mysql database tables.mysql_query() worked >>> seamlessly, but when I check the inserted data on phpMyAdmin it shows >>> the foreign characters in broken letters, like this ì‹œíŒ<- >>> jibberish...The foreign characters show fine when I'm typing it out >>> on my editor to code PHP, but it gets broken into unrecognizable >>> symbols when put into mysql database columns. >>> I tried to create the same thing this time through phpMyAdmin console >>> and it worked great, the foreign characters showed correctly as they >>> should.The column that I'm trying to put the foreign characters into >>> is set as utf8_general_ci.I wish to use PHP to insert the data into >>> the database because I'll be inserting massive amounts of them at >>> once, so I just can't continue with this problem at hand. >>> I'll greatly appreciate any help, thank you. >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/ >>> >> How about showing a little of the insert code. ie: how you are >> gathering the >> data, how you are preping the data, and the actual insert statement. >> >> > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php