core.php
$con=mysqli_connect("localhost","root","","mmogezgini");
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
gamelisti.php
$result = mysqli_query($con,"SELECT * FROM games");
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
?>
HTML CODES
<?php echo $row['game_name']; ?>
HTML CODES
<?php }
mysqli_close($con);
?>
i use turkish characters like "ö,ç,ğ,ı" i see these correctly in database but when i select them from database and show with php echo they looks like question mark=(?)
my encoding on database utf8_general_ci
Double check your HTML encoding.
http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli.set-charset.php (just after you connect to DB: mysqli_set_charset($con, 'utf8');
Are you using prepared statements? (not related but important).
Related
Problem
I am getting 0 results when searching for an Arabic word in a MySQL database using the SELECT query with PHP.
However, the same exact query yields results in alternative clients, namely SQLBuddy and the likes. Everything is encoded in UTF-8.
Code
<?php
$host = "localhost";
$username = "hans_wehr_client";
// i know my security is a joke :)
$password = "hans_wehr";
$database = "hans_wehr";
$conn = new mysqli($host, $username, $password, $database);
if ($conn == TRUE){
$search = $_GET["search"];
$encoded_search = utf8_encode($search);
echo $encoded_search."<br>";
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
$sql = "SELECT * FROM dictionary WHERE ARABIC LIKE '$search'";
echo $sql."<br>";
mysqli_query($conn,"SET NAMES 'utf8'");
mysqli_query($conn,'SET CHARACTER SET utf8');
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
if (mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0) {
// output data of each row
while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
echo $row["ARABIC"]. " - Meaning: " . $row["ENGLISH1"]. " " . $row["ENGLISH2"]. "<br>";
}
}else {
echo "0 results";
}
}
?>
Before the mods get the pitchforks, I have to clear up my troubleshooting logic.
Encoding. I set the page encoding to utf-8 using header('Content-Type:
text/html; charset=utf-8'); and ran the queries mysqli_query($conn,"SET NAMES 'utf8'"); and mysqli_query($conn,'SET CHARACTER SET utf8');, this cleared up the ??????? and Ùؤتا
rendered instead of Arabic words issue. That is kind of a different
issue. Source. and Source2.
Database Charset. My database and columns are set to UTF-8.
Other clients work. SQLBuddy/MySQL native client/ PHPMyAdmin appear to be working because running the same exact query yields result. Therefore I appear to be on the same bloody boat with him. The query SELECT * FROM dictionary WHERE ARABIC LIKE 'آخَر، أُخرى' returns a result on SQLbuddy but nada on PHP.
Possible solution:
Running the query SELECT * FROM dictionary WHERE ARABIC LIKE 'آخَر، أُخرى' yields me a result.
However running the query with a UTF-8 encoded version of the Arabic word returns 0 results. SELECT * FROM dictionary WHERE ARABIC LIKE 'آخَر، أُخرى' I think this simulates PHP.
The UTF-8 Arabic word version is obtained by decoding the automatically URL encoded $[_GET] parameter i.e %26%231570%3B%26%231582%3B%26%231614%3B%26%231585%3B%26%231548%3B+%26%231571%3B%26%231615%3B%26%231582%3B%26%231585%3B%26%231609%3B
Could it be that the MySQLi actually queries the UTF-8 version instead of the actual Arabic word? Therefore finding no match since they are different?
If so how can I explicitly tell PHP not to URL encode my search term and therefore pass it as it is?
Since according to my tinfoil theory, http://localhost/hans_wehr/search_ar.php?search=آخَر، أُخرى would work but http://localhost/hans_wehr/search_ar.php?search=%26%231570%3B%26%231582%3B%26%231614%3B%26%231585%3B%26%231548%3B+%26%231571%3B%26%231615%3B%26%231582%3B%26%231585%3B%26%231609%3B
Inputs will be greatly appreciated.
Use html_entity_decode():
Use html_entity_decode() on your $_GET["search"] value
<?php
$host = "localhost";
$username = "hans_wehr_client";
// i know my security is a joke :)
$password = "hans_wehr";
$database = "hans_wehr";
$conn = new mysqli($host, $username, $password, $database);
if ($conn == TRUE){
$search = $_GET["search"];
$encoded_search =html_entity_decode($search, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8');
echo $encoded_search."<br>";
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
$sql = "SELECT * FROM dictionary WHERE ARABIC LIKE '$encoded_search'";
echo $sql."<br>";
mysqli_query($conn,"SET NAMES 'utf8'");
mysqli_query($conn,'SET CHARACTER SET utf8');
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
if (mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0) {
// output data of each row
while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
echo $row["ARABIC"]. " - Meaning: " . $row["ENGLISH1"]. " " . $row["ENGLISH2"]. "<br>";
}
}else {
echo "0 results";
}
}
?>
I have some text in a database. I use French and English. French has accents, and some special characters like ç. I use Mamp, MySQL and PHP.
I have collation latin1_swedish-ci (the default). I tried utf8_general_ci and the result is the same.
If I use in a html page, I have this in the head: <meta charset="UTF-8">
As an example, in the database I have "voilà".
When I echo the text from the database to html:
$con = mysqli_connect("localhost","root","root");
if (!$con) {
die('The connexion failed: ' . mysqli_error());
}
if (!mysqli_select_db($con, 'prova')){
echo "Connection with database was not possible";
}
$result = mysqli_query($con, "SELECT * FROM test1
WHERE id='1' ")
or die(mysqli_error());
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
$text = $row['first'];
echo $text; //I see: voil�
echo htmlentities($text); //I see nothing
echo utf8_encode($text); //This works: I see voilà
}
Why htmlentities does not work?
Is utf8_encode(); the way to go? I have to use that always when I output something from the database? Why do I have to use that if the collation is already UTF8? Is there any better way to store and output text with accents in a MySQL database?
After you connect to the DB you should set the client charset to UTF8:
mysqli_set_charset($con, "UTF8");
Otherwise the mysql client transforms the UTF8 'voilà' to latin1 ('cause it seems that is it's default).
Either you tell the client that I want everything in UTF8, or you get it with the default latin1, and convert it one-by-one yourself calling utf8_encose($text)
I have tried for a while now to set the right encoding to show danish characters on my MySQL query. I haven't found exactly a similar situation.
My output shows a question mark instead of the appropriate characters. This is my connect file.
<?php
$con=mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
if (!$con)
{
die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
?>
And here is my display file:
<?php
include("connect.php");
mysql_select_db("paradise",$con);
$result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM CITATER4 ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1",$con);
while($data = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
echo "<aside class=\"citatout\">";
echo "<div id=\"paradiso\" class=\"text-vertical-center-q\">";
echo utf8_encode("<h1 class=\"animated fadeIn\" align=center>$data[0]</h1>");
echo utf8_encode("<h2 class=\"animated fadeIn\" align=center>$data[1]</h2>");
echo "</div>";
echo "</aside>";
}
?>
I tried to set the encoding using this code but it still didn't change. I found this in another question here on Stackoverflow.
mysql_set_charset("utf8", $con);
I encoded the strings in the displayed file with utf8_encode and it still doesn't work.
Do you have a solution?
You should not be needing to use utf8_encode.
Are your database tables utf8_danish_ci?
Try running this mysql query in e.g. phpmyadmin.
ALTER TABLE CITATER4 CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_danish_ci;
Does HTML5 have <meta charset="utf-8"> in the head tag?
I'm using MySQLi to retrieve information from the database. All of my pages are encoded with UTF-8 without BOM, i have 2 pages to deal with, but the main problem is that on the database the information is showed in a regular way - but when i retrieve it it goes like this:
����� ����� - ���?
on the phpMyAdmin panel - the columns are latin1_general_ci (i tried to make it utf8_general as well - same output!).
the "mysql.php":
<?php
header('Content-type: text/xhtml; charset=windows-1255');
$mysql = new mysqli('localhost', 'elenbyin_vadim', 'pass33323', 'elenbyin_vadim');
?>
the "index.php", main parts:
<?php
include ('mysql.php');
include('functions.php');
if($_GET["lang"] == 'rus')
$lang = 'rus';
else if($_GET["lang"] == 'heb')
$lang = 'heb';
else
$lang = 'heb';
......
<div class="main_text">
<?
$result = $mysql->query('SELECT * FROM homepage');
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
echo "".$row['title']."<br />".$row['text_heb']."";
}
?>
</div>
can someone help my to solve this problem?
You'll have to change the charset for it to work:
<?php
$mysql->set_charset('utf8');
$result = $mysql->query('SELECT * FROM homepage');
...
?>
#Class's comment - If you need it in all your pages you can add it to mysql.php:
<?php
header('Content-type: text/xhtml; charset=windows-1255');
$mysql = new mysqli('localhost', 'elenbyin_vadim', 'pass33323', 'elenbyin_vadim');
$mysql->set_charset('utf8');
?>
Also, make sure you set your collation to utf8_general_ci.
An older method will be to set the names to utf8:
<?php
$mysql->query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
$result = $mysql->query('SELECT * FROM homepage');
...
?>
However according to set_charset() docs the first is preferrable:
Note: This is the preferred way to change the charset. Using
mysqli_query() to set it (such as SET NAMES utf8) is not recommended.
See the MySQL character set concepts section for more information.
I am learning PHP programming, so I have setup testing database and try to do various things with it. So situation is like that:
Database collation is utf8_general_ci.
There is table "books" created by query
create table books
( isbn char(13) not null primary key,
author char(50),
title char(100),
price float(4,2)
);
Then it is filled with some sample data - note that text entries are in russian. This query is saved as utf-8 without BOM .sql and executed.
insert into books values
("5-8459-0046-8", "Майкл Морган", "Java 2. Руководство разработчика", 34.99),
("5-8459-1082-X", "Кристофер Негус", "Linux. Библия пользователя", 24.99),
("5-8459-1134-6", "Марина Смолина", "CorelDRAW X3. Самоучитель", 24.99),
("5-8459-0426-9", "Родерик Смит", "Сетевые средства Linux", 49.99);
When I review contents of created table via phpMyAdmin, I get correct results.
When I retrieve data from this table and try to display it via php, I get question marks instead of russian symbols. Here is piece of my php code:
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Books</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
header("Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8");
mysqli_set_charset('utf8');
# $db = new mysqli('localhost', 'login', 'password', 'database');
$query = "select * from books where ".$searchtype." like '%".$searchterm."%'";
$result = $db->query($query);
$num_results = $result->num_rows;
for ($i = 0; $i < $num_results; $i++) {
$row = $result->fetch_assoc();
echo "<p><strong>".($i+1).". Title: ";
echo htmlspecialchars (stripslashes($row['title']));
echo "</strong><br />Author: ";
echo stripslashes($row['author']);
echo "<br />ISBN: ";
echo stripslashes($row['isbn']);
echo "<br />Price: ";
echo stripslashes($row['price']);
echo "</p>";
}
...
And here is the output:
1. Название: Java 2. ??????????? ????????????
Автор: ????? ??????
ISBN: 5-8459-0046-8
Цена: 34.99
Can someone point out what I am doing wrong?
Can someone point out what I am doing wrong?
Yes, I can.
You didn't tell Mysql server, what data encoding you want.
Mysql can supply any encoding in case your page encoding is different from stored data encoding. And recode it on the fly.
Thus, it needs to be told of client's preferred encoding (your PHP code being that database client).
By default it's latin1. Thus, because there is no such symbols in the latin1 character table, question marks being returned instead.
There are 2 ways to tell mysql what encoding we want:
a slightly more preferred one is mysqli_set_charset() function (method in your case).
less preferred one is SET NAMES query.
But as long as you are using mysqli extension properly, doesn't really matter. (though you aren't)
Note that in mysql this encoding is called utf8, without dashes or spaces.
Try to set output charset:
SET NAMES 'utf-8'
SET CHARACTER SET utf-8
Create .htaccess file:
AddDefaultCharset utf-8
AddCharset utf-8 *
CharsetSourceEnc utf-8
CharsetDefault utf-8
Save files in UTF-8 without BOM.
Set charset in html head.
After your mysql_connect, set your connection to UTF-8 :
mysql_query("SET NAMES utf8");
Follow Alexander advices for .htaccess, header and files encoding
You probably need to call mysqli_set_charset('utf8'); after you set up your connection with new mysqli(...) as it works on a link rather than a global setting.
so..
# $db = new mysqli('localhost', 'login', 'password', 'database');
mysqli_set_charset($db, 'utf8');
$query = "select * from books where ".$searchtype." like '%".$searchterm."%'";
By the way, that query seems to be open to SQL-injection unless $searchterm is sanitized. Just something to keep in mind, consider using prepared statements.
And using # to suppress errors is generally not recommended, especially not during development. Better to deal with error-conditions.
after your mysql_query add
#mysql_query("SET character_set_server='utf8'; ");
#mysql_query("SET character_set_client='utf8'; ");
#mysql_query("SET character_set_results='utf8'; ");
#mysql_query("SET character_set_connection='utf8'; ");
#mysql_query("SET character_set_database='utf8'; ");
#mysql_query("SET collation_connection='utf8_general_ci'; ");
#mysql_query("SET collation_database='utf8_general_ci'; ");
#mysql_query("SET collation_server='utf8_general_ci'; ");
Try to put also in the HTML document Head the meta tag:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
this is different to the HTTP header header("Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8");