Problems with encode

[rocky_88]

I'm using ajax to retrieve data from database.

 

Using php when I echo the data, spanish characters such as "á é" are replaced by "�".

 

After searching for hours I found out that this happens due to different charset. Using php utf8_encode() solves the problem and all characters are displayed properly.

 

Out of curiosity I used  mb_detect_encoding() to check the encoding and it shows that the encoding is UTF8.

So if the encoding is UTF8 by default, then why dont I get proper output without the use of utf8_encode function?

[scootstah]

Is the encoding of the page in UTF8?

 

Make sure this is in the HTML head:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" />

[rocky_88]

@scootstah

 

Thank you for the quick response,

 

Yes, I do have that in HTML head, but still it does not seem to work unless I use utf8_encode function.

[scootstah]

That is indeed odd. If the encoding is already UTF8 that function shouldn't do anything.

[rocky_88]

Ya, this problem never occurs when I use php.

 

It happens only when I try to get data using ajax.

[scootstah]

What is the charset of the database?

[rocky_88]

Charset of database is also UTF-8