Posted by NC on 07/20/07 23:45

On Jul 18, 10:36 am, "J.O. Aho" <u...@example.net> wrote:
> laredotorn...@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">

Or send a header:

header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1');

Cheers,
NC

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