Date: 06/06/06 (PHP Community)    Keywords: mysql, database, sql

this has been driving me mad for several hours now :(

how on earth do I convert cyrillic characters into something that can be safely stored and retrieved from a mysql database?

From playing around with wordpress etc, I know I need to do this:

привет -> привет

but I have no idea what function(s) to use. Thanks :)

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/php/458161.html