rahul_dev  
          
              
                December 19, 2010,  9:43am
               
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          Hello guys, i need help in displaying foreign characters. I’m extracting data from mysql database. but some characters are displayed like this: Un fusil de chasse n’est pas � mettre � la port�e de tous. Even if i echo the characters on the page i still get the same result! my page also contains the header for utf-8.Any1 knows wat to change?
         
        
           
         
            
       
      
        
          
          
            tri  
          
              
                December 19, 2010, 10:07am
               
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Hello guys, i need help in displaying foreign characters. I’m extracting data from mysql database. but some characters are displayed like this: Un fusil de chasse n’est pas � mettre � la port�e de tous. Even if i echo the characters on the page i still get the same result! my page also contains the header for utf-8.Any1 knows wat to change?
 
 
This may help
http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/16/how-to-set-up-unicode/ 
/Tommy
         
        
           
         
            
       
      
        
          
          
            iivano71  
          
              
                December 19, 2010, 11:47am
               
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          Ive had i same problem, you have to setup your model in ut8 or you view in ut8 
and in main.php
add charset
'db'=>array(
			'charset' => 'utf8',
			
		),
 
        
           
         
            
       
      
        
          
          
            rahul_dev  
          
              
                December 21, 2010,  6:15am
               
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Ive had i same problem, you have to setup your model in ut8 or you view in ut8 
and in main.php
add charset
'db'=>array(
			'charset' => 'utf8',
			
		),
 
 
it was already set by default, still doesnt works!
         
        
           
         
            
       
      
        
          
          
            rahul_dev  
          
              
                December 21, 2010,  6:17am
               
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          even if i do a simple echo i get the same result, so i know its not my db!
         
        
           
         
            
       
      
        
          
          
            mikl  
          
              
                December 21, 2010,  8:40am
               
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          Did you read the document, tri suggested? You need to check all described areas, not only the connection charset.