Op 1/22/10 9:41 AM, Ashley Sheridan schreef: > On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 03:47 +0100, Jochem Maas wrote: > >> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > > You're also forgetting one of the most important elements of this. If > you're displaying the characters on a web page, chances are that you > need to add a corresponding meta tag to inform the browser that the > content is utf-8 > > <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> > > Otherwise the browser will attempt to guess from the first few > characters of output, and because of the large headers in some websites, > will guess completely wrong. that was point 4. in my original post, I'd also say that the META tag is a bit lame on it's own ... better off actually setting the proper content encoding HTTP header (and using the META tag as well to cover for dumb ass browsers) > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php