Foreign Characters Break in MySQL

Hello I'm currently trying to use PHP to insert foreign characters into one of the mysql database tables.mysql_query() worked seamlessly, but when I check the inserted data on phpMyAdmin it shows the foreign characters in broken letters, like this ì‹œíŒ <- jibberish...The foreign characters show fine when I'm typing it out on my editor to code PHP, but it gets broken into unrecognizable symbols when put into mysql database columns.. I tried to create the same thing this time through phpMyAdmin console and it worked great, the foreign characters showed correctly as they should.The column that I'm trying to put the foreign characters into is set as utf8_general_ci.I wish to use PHP to insert the data into the database because I'll be inserting massive amounts of them at once, so I just can't continue with this problem at hand. I'll greatly appreciate any help, thank you. _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/