Mysql database in UTF8, PHP shows latin1 (iso-8859-1)

[alex]

I've converted a latin1 database I have to utf8. The process has been:

# mysqldump -u root -p --default-character-set=latin1 -c --insert-ignore
--skip-set-charset mydb mydb.sql

# iconv -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 mydb.sql mydb_utf8.sql

[then i replaced all CHARSET=latin1 to CHARSET=utf8 in the file, and
checked in the editor that non default characters as accents were viewed
correctly using UTF8 charset]

mysqlCREATE DATABASE mydb_utf8 CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci ;

# mysql -u root -p --default-character-set=utf8 mydb_utf8 < mydb_utf8.sql
I made a simple script in PHP to dump data from tables which had non
standard characters. But the resulting page is viewed correctly in
iso-8859-1 encoding and not in UTF-8.

At this moment i'm clueless were the problem lies.
..alex

[Norbert Tretkowski]

Am Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:11:16 +0200 schrieb alex:

I made a simple script in PHP to dump data from tables which had non
standard characters. But the resulting page is viewed correctly in
iso-8859-1 encoding and not in UTF-8.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/...onnection.html

I guess using "set names utf8" should help.

Norbert

[alex]

En/na Norbert Tretkowski ha escrit:

Am Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:11:16 +0200 schrieb alex:

>I made a simple script in PHP to dump data from tables which had non
standard characters. But the resulting page is viewed correctly in
iso-8859-1 encoding and not in UTF-8.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/...onnection.html

I guess using "set names utf8" should help.

Yes, it helps, but why should i change my app?

I mean, if the database is set to utf8, the tables are utf8 too (and
just to check, i've also set under [client], [mysqld] and [server] the
value default_charact er_set=utf8), shouldn't php return me the string as
utf8?

Isn't this a bit bugged?

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(alex)

>En/na Norbert Tretkowski ha escrit:

>Am Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:11:16 +0200 schrieb alex:

>>I made a simple script in PHP to dump data from tables which had non
standard characters. But the resulting page is viewed correctly in
iso-8859-1 encoding and not in UTF-8.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/...onnection.html

I guess using "set names utf8" should help.

Yes, it helps, but why should i change my app?

I mean, if the database is set to utf8, the tables are utf8 too (and
just to check, i've also set under [client], [mysqld] and [server] the
value default_charact er_set=utf8), shouldn't php return me the string as
utf8?

Isn't this a bit bugged?

Just storing the data as UTF-8 is not enough. You also have to set the
connection between MySQL and your script to UTF-8 and PHP has to send a
correct HTTP header back to the browser.

Micha

[alex]

En/na Michael Fesser ha escrit:

>
Just storing the data as UTF-8 is not enough. You also have to set the
connection between MySQL and your script to UTF-8 and PHP has to send a
correct HTTP header back to the browser.

Ok, i know that i must send correct headers, but still having this
variables:

+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| character_set_c lient | utf8 |
| character_set_c onnection | utf8 |
| character_set_d atabase | utf8 |
| character_set_f ilesystem | binary |
| character_set_r esults | utf8 |
| character_set_s erver | utf8 |
| character_set_s ystem | utf8 |
| character_sets_ dir | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+

The output is ISO, and that is what freaks me out. :P

[Jerry Stuckle]

alex wrote:

En/na Michael Fesser ha escrit:

>>
Just storing the data as UTF-8 is not enough. You also have to set the
connection between MySQL and your script to UTF-8 and PHP has to send a
correct HTTP header back to the browser.

Ok, i know that i must send correct headers, but still having this
variables:

+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| character_set_c lient | utf8 |
| character_set_c onnection | utf8 |
| character_set_d atabase | utf8 |
| character_set_f ilesystem | binary |
| character_set_r esults | utf8 |
| character_set_s erver | utf8 |
| character_set_s ystem | utf8 |
| character_sets_ dir | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+

The output is ISO, and that is what freaks me out. :P

Check Micha's comment again:

"...and PHP has to send a correct HTTP header back to the browser."

The dataset connection and charset have nothing to do with the charset
sent in the page header. You can set the correct charset for the page
in your Apache server or in PHP.

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[Willem Bogaerts]

it seems a php problem as when i execute "show variables" in an mysql

console i get:

character_set_c lient=utf8

but from php i get:

character_set_c lient=latin1

That is a problem I also had. the [mysql] section of my.cnf is for the
command-line client only. A [client] section may or may not be used for
PHP connections. I had to send a "SET NAMES utf8" upon connection to
really convince MySQL to use utf8 for the connection.

This really sucks, off course. It is plain stupid to have to set the
encoding used encoded in the encoding it has to set. It is like sending
a key INSIDE a safe which requires that key to open it.

Best regards,
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Application smith
Kratz B.V.
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[Michael Fesser]

..oO(Willem Bogaerts)

>it seems a php problem as when i execute "show variables" in an mysql
console i get:

character_set_ client=utf8

but from php i get:

character_set_ client=latin1

That is a problem I also had. the [mysql] section of my.cnf is for the
command-line client only. A [client] section may or may not be used for
PHP connections. I had to send a "SET NAMES utf8" upon connection to
really convince MySQL to use utf8 for the connection.

That's how it's supposed to be and was already mentioned multiple times.
How else should MySQL know what connection encoding the PHP client and
your scripts prefer?

>This really sucks, off course. It is plain stupid to have to set the
encoding used encoded in the encoding it has to set. It is like sending
a key INSIDE a safe which requires that key to open it.

You connect to the DB using the default encoding and then set it to
whatever you want it to be. There's nothing stupid about that.

Micha

[Marc]

I'm sorry, I should mention, I use:

Debian Etch stable
Apache2
PHP 5

[Jerry Stuckle]

Marc wrote:

alex schrieb:

>>
I made a simple script in PHP to dump data from tables which had non
standard characters. But the resulting page is viewed correctly in
iso-8859-1 encoding and not in UTF-8.

At this moment i'm clueless were the problem lies.

Hello,

well, first of all, I'm newbie with MYSQL & Co., I have read all answers
and followed the link reading them all carefully. I suppose I understand
the matter.

I have apparently the same problem as Alex has. But my connection is in
UTF-8 and I need ISO-8859-1.

The problem accrued as I've moved from my webspace to a vServer.

The old configuration shown by phpMyAdmin on MySQL 4.1.13 is:

character set client utf8
(Globaler Wert) latin1
character set connection utf8
(Globaler Wert) latin1
character set database latin1
character set results utf8
(Globaler Wert) latin1
character set server latin1
character set system utf8
collation connection utf8_general_ci
(Globaler Wert) latin1_swedish_ ci
collation database latin1_swedish_ ci
collation server latin1_swedish_ ci

The new configuration shown by phpMyAdmin on my new MySQL 5.0.32 is
exactly the same, the I set "SET NAMES latin1" via mysql-shell.

BUT:

Making "SHOW VARIABLES" at mysql-shell gives:

character_set_c lient latin1
character_set_c onnection latin1
character_set_d atabase latin1
character_set_f ilesystem binary
character set results latin1
character set server latin1
character set system utf8
collation connection latin1_swedish_ ci
collation database latin1_swedish_ ci
collation server latin1_swedish_ ci

asking for the values by PHP gives:

character_set_c lient utf8
character_set_c onnection utf8
character_set_d atabase latin1
character_set_f ilesystem binary
character_set_r esults utf8
character_set_s erver latin1
character_set_s ystem utf8
collation_conne ction utf8_general_ci
collation_datab ase latin1_swedish_ ci
collation_serve r latin1_swedish_ ci

I need the character_set_c lient and character_set_c onnection in latin1.

The HTTP header sends to the browser ISO-8859-15. That should stay so,
because about 2.000 html pages are coded in this. I don't care for the
DB contect, then I have it local in some programm. My only wish is to
establish a working-encoding-connection between the PHP and DB.

Can You please tell what exactly I have to do? Please, understand I
can't reprogramm the application, I even don't want to, because it
worked before. I'm quit sure it's not correct setted up.

Thanks a lot in advance!!!

Regards

Marc

Marc,

Look at the differences in your settings. Then look at the fact these
are MySQL settings, not PHP. And look at the questions you're asking -
about the character set in the connection and client.

These are all MySQL items - which should be a clue that you should be
asking in comp.databases. mysql, not here.
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