Luciano
Reputation: 1455
PHP: Converting utf8 chars from mysql db
I have a longtext in my db where i have some special chars like Ã
How i can convert it to "à"? I've tried using utf8_encode and _decode but it seems not work.
Document charset is utf8, and longtext field too.
Upvotes: 2
Views: 445
Answers (1)
MatTheCat
Reputation: 18761
It's not about encoding but html entities : http://php.net/manual/fr/function.html-entity-decode.php
Upvotes: 3
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