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Character encoding refers to the way characters are represented as a series of bytes.

What are the differences between utf8_general_ci and utf8_unicode_ci?

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Change File Encoding to utf-8 via vim in a script

i just got knocked down after our server has been updated from Debian 4 to 5. We switched to UTF-8 environment and …

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dompdf character encoding UTF-8

Im trying to create pdf with correct characters, but there are "?" chars. I created a test php file, where Im …

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how to replace special characters with the ones they're based on in PHP?

How do I replace: "ã" with "a" "é" with "e" in PHP? Is this possible? I've read somewhere I could do some …

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how to detect invalid utf8 unicode/binary in a text file

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PDO + MySQL and broken UTF-8 encoding

I use the PDO library with a MySQL database in PHP, but if I insert any data encoded in UTF-8, …

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How to print the extended ASCII code in java from integer value

public static void main(String[] args) { int i=153; int j=63; System.out.println((char)i); System.out.println((char)j); } …

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Is it necessary to use — and – in XHTML or HTML5?

It seems that it is best to use the & escape, instead of simply typing the ampersand (&). However, …

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Can I make git recognize a UTF-16 file as text?

I'm tracking a Virtual PC virtual machine file (*.vmc) in git, and after making a change git identified the file …

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How to replace Microsoft-encoded quotes in PHP

I need to replace Microsoft Word's version of single and double quotations marks (“ ” ‘ ’) with regular quotes (' and ") due to …

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