Hi You should add this code after the connection to database like this: //connect $db = mysql_pconnect($dbhost,$dbuser,$dbpass)or die('Error connecting to mysql'); mysql_select_db("$dbname",$db); mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'"); From: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of bahalul kabir Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 12:03 PM To: php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: character problem like åæø or AÅØ in php Problem : character like åøæ shows some strange char as output Used <meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset='utf-8' /> also set utf8 in the database But it does not solve the problem If is there any other way?? Thnax Kabir [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]