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MySQL PDO Unicode Issue fix
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<?php | |
/* | |
* The following function will create a PDO connection form PHP. | |
* It sovles the issue of inserting the Unicode Characters. | |
*/ | |
function connect_db() { | |
$servername = "localhost"; | |
$db_username = "root"; | |
$db_password = "root"; | |
$db_name = "DATABASE_NAME"; | |
try { | |
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=$db_name;charset=utf8", $db_username, $db_password); | |
// set the PDO error mode to exception | |
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION); | |
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false); | |
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND, "SET NAME'utf8'"); | |
echo "\nPDO connection object created\n"; | |
return $conn; | |
} catch (PDOException $e) { | |
echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage(); | |
} | |
} |
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