Posted by J.O. Aho on 07/18/07 17:36

laredotornado@zipmail.com wrote:

> I'm using php 4.4.4 with MySQL 5.0. A VARCHAR column in a db table
> contains the character "Ø" (o with a front slash through it).
> However, when I try and print it out to my browser, all I see is the
> character "?" (diamond with a question mark in it). Is there a PHP
> setting that will allow me to print out a broader character set?

Check what character setup the database uses and then you add a meta tag to
your html page that tells the web browser to select the right character setup.

Assume your table uses iso-8859-1, then add the following meta tag

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

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//Aho

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