March 6, 2012
UTF-8 text not fetching accurately in CodeIgniter php
Question by SarwarCSE
UTF-8 problem in CodeIgniter from mysql Problem
when i fetch utf data from mySql database using codeigniter active record then my text show like this
বাংলা নাম চেক করার জনà§à¦¯
actual text is
বাংলা নাম চেক করার জন্য
i have checked the config file
$db['default']['char_set'] = 'utf8';
$db['default']['dbcollat'] = 'utf8_general_ci';
Without using Codeigniter i can show the text accurately in web site.
Answer by Starx
Make sure you have specified correct character set, in your html.
<meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='Type=text/html; charset=utf-8'>
Make sure you have include the above meta tag in the top of your html.
In case of HTML5: use <meta charset='utf-8'>
