save special characters in database in core php - php

Question

I want to save special characters like the following string in a database:-
:¦:-•:":•.-:¦:-•EXCELLENT!•-:¦:-•:•-:¦:-•:*''•
Below is the code that I am using.
$Fields ['CommentText']=$CommentText;
$Fields = prepareMySQLi($FieldsNotifications,$linkMysqli);
$insert = mysqli_query($linkMysqli,"INSERT INTO `feeds` SET $Fields");
function prepareMySQLi($MyArray,$linkMysqli) {
foreach($MyArray as $col => $val) {
if($val=='Invalid Request') $val='';
if ($val!='' && !is_array($val)) {
$col = mysqli_real_escape_string($linkMysqli,$col);
$val = mysqli_real_escape_string($linkMysqli,$val);
if(isset($fields)) {
$fields .= ", `$col` = '$val' ";
} else {
$fields = " `$col` = '$val' ";
}
}
}
return $fields;
}
But the above code saves the result like:-
•:¨¨:•.EXCELLENT.•:¨¨:••:¨¨:•.
Can anyone guide me how can I save the string same as it is in the database?

Answer 1

It seems like encoding issue. The encoding of the data that you are receiving should be same as the encoding of database where you are storing it.
General practice would be to use "utf-8" encoding for both.
So check in which encoding the database stores the data, and try to convert received data to that format or vice versa.
You can use utf8_encode function for encoding data to "utf-8".

Answer 2

please check by doing these two simple thing, i hope it helps you:-
the "collation" of the column in which you are going to save this data(special characters), made it "utf-8-bin".
either change type of the column to "blob","text" or "long text".
try in your code:- mysqli_set_charset($linkMysqli, "utf8");
encode and decode process. before saving the text encode it and if you want to show it somewhere then first decode it and then show.

Answer 3

simple thing is change
Collation in db to utf8 -> utf8_unicode_ci
and if you dont used field Type as text than change it to text...
May be this is simple solution.....
Other things may You can check your Mysqli Db class Where
'charset' => 'utf8',
is there or not....??
If you dont find charset than please change to utf8...
At last check your page header
and add
<meta charset="utf-8">
Thats it may u will get something...