Re: Convert Characters

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Reuben Sant wrote: > I need to do this because I need to store Unicode Characters in a MySQL > database.. This is because Unicode chars example ŭ use 2 bytes and when > I try to store it, it appears as 2 separate nonsense characters in the db. > > Is there any different solution to my prob? Maybe I dont need to convert the > chars.. Is there a way to instruct a MySQL database to accept unice > characters? This isn't the right list for this, but you should read: http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_Charset.html And follow up on php-general if you have more questions. -adam -- adam@trachtenberg.com author of o'reilly's php cookbook avoid the holiday rush, buy your copy today!