PHP Different Query Results - MySQL Workbench vs PHP Execution - php

Question

I'm running the following query using MySQL workbench and I'm getting the exact results from the database :
SELECT *
FROM ODB_RG
WHERE fullAddressV1 = 'רמת גן חרושת 1'
OR fullAddressV2 = 'רמת גן חרושת 1'
OR fullAddressV3 = 'רמת גן חרושת 1'
OR fullAddressV4 = 'רמת גן חרושת 1'
On the other hand, running the following php code does, that actually generated an equivalent query to the one mentioned above,does not return any record :
$fullAddress = "1 רמת גן חרושת";
$stmt = $con->prepare("SELECT * FROM ODB_RG WHERE fullAddressV1 = :address1 "
. "OR fullAddressV2 = :address2 OR fullAddressV3 = :address3 "
. "OR fullAddressV4 = :address4");
$stmt->bindParam(':address1',$fullAddress);
$stmt->bindParam(':address2',$fullAddress);
$stmt->bindParam(':address3',$fullAddress);
$stmt->bindParam(':address4',$fullAddress);
$status = $stmt->execute();
The only reasonable cause that might lead to the difference between the solution is the Hebrew string that is passed as a parameter.
Any of you have any idea what should be done in order to fix it ?
Thanks in advance !
EDIT :
This is the collation i'm using for the relevant table:
engine=MyISAM charset=UTF8 COLLATE = utf8_general_ci;

Answer 1

This is what I meant by error checking:
$con->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
$fullAddress = "1 רמת גן חרושת";
$stmt = $con->prepare("SELECT * FROM ODB_RG WHERE fullAddressV1 = :address1 "
. "OR fullAddressV2 = :address2 OR fullAddressV3 = :address3 "
. "OR fullAddressV4 = :address4");
if (!$stmt) {
echo "\nPDO::errorInfo():\n";
print_r($con->errorInfo());
die();
}
$stmt->bindParam(':address1',$fullAddress);
$stmt->bindParam(':address2',$fullAddress);
$stmt->bindParam(':address3',$fullAddress);
$stmt->bindParam(':address4',$fullAddress);
$status = $stmt->execute();
if (!$status ) {
echo "\nPDO::errorInfo():\n";
print_r($con->errorInfo());
die();
}
if($row = $stmt->fetch()){
var_dump($row);
}else{
echo 'no row found';
}
I know its ulgy, sometime called defensive programming, but it lets you know whats going on.