my.ini
[client] [mysql] default-character-set=utf8
[mysqld] character_set_server=utf8
php
mysqli_query($dbc, “SET NAMES ‘UTF8′”);
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my.ini
[client] [mysql] default-character-set=utf8
[mysqld] character_set_server=utf8
php
mysqli_query($dbc, “SET NAMES ‘UTF8′”);