Thanks I will take a look at it BR <martin73@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:13894.202.14.141.254.1096853761.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > By default, MySQL uses the ISO-8859-1 (Latin1) character set. I guess you > need to set this parameter to something suitable for Arabic (if it is > supported by MySQL). I suggest you read "The Character Set Used for Data > and Sorting" part of MySQL manual. That's all I can help with. > > Cheers > > > yes I did .. and the problem only happens for arabic text stored in > > database > > > > <martin73@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > > news:62223.202.14.141.254.1096843994.squirrel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Did you set a character encoding on your page to Arabic? (eg. > >> ISO-8859-6) > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I'm working on a website that needs to save and display Arabic > > characters. > >> > I'm using MySQL database and no matter how I insert the data either > > using > >> > phpMyAdmin or inserting it using a script of my own, when I try to > >> show > >> > (display) the data I previously saved (which contains Arabic > > characters), > >> > the output is rubbish and has no relation with the words I saved > >> > > >> > the script I'm using for displaying the data is as simple as the > > following > >> > one > >> > > >> > //=========================================================== > >> > <?php > >> > include("db.php"); > >> > $result = mysql_query("select * from mem_applications"); > >> > if ($result) > >> > { > >> > while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) > >> > { > >> > echo $row['first_name']; > >> > echo "<br>"; > >> > echo $row['mid_name']; > >> > echo "<br>"; > >> > echo $row['last_name']; > >> > echo "<br>"; > >> > } > >> > } > >> > ?> > >> > //=========================================================== > >> > > >> > Thanks in advance > >> > > >> > -- > >> > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > >> > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php