did u checked the db , what it is showing in it. or by phpmyadmin you can check what is saved in database. Regards, Tarun ----- Original Message ----- From: Roshan Shahare To: roshan Shahare Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 8:04 PM Subject: PHP :- Not showing the characters correctly Hi ALL, Here is My code :- <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <?php $db_name = "test"; $db_username = "root"; $db_password = ""; $hostname = "localhost"; if(!$conn = mysql_connect($hostname,$db_username,$db_password)) { echo("Error Connecting TO MYSQL Server !"); exit; } mysql_select_db($db_name, $conn) or die ("can not connect to Database $db_name"); $query = "SELECT c1 FROM matter1"; $result = mysql_query($query); $row = mysql_fetch_row($result); echo $row[0]; echo "<br>"; echo "Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn"; ?> I am getting out put as :- I��n⴩?iz洩?>Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn ( ** I have stored Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn in the matter1 table) if i am echoing directly it is showing correct but if i am taking it from DB then it is not showing correct why? Thanks & Regards... Roshan.................... --------------------------------- Why delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click away. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]