Are you banging your head trying to figure out how to convert a seemingly invalid UTF-8 value into a valid one? You might be surprised to know that the problem isn’t how PHP interprets the characters, but rather a database connection issue. If the UTF-8 value in question looks valid in the database but does not look right when displayed on a web page, that could mean your database connection settings are not set correctly.
In PHP’s sqlsrv_connect page, the function lists connectionInfo as being an optional parameter. One of the connectionInfo option is the CharacterSet, which is set to value SQLSRV_ENC_CHAR by default. What you want to do is set the CharacterSet value to UTF-8. See how easy that was? Your UTF-8 problems should be solved.
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$result = sqlsrv_connect($hostname, array( 'UID' => $username, 'PWD' => $password, 'Database' => $database, 'ConnectionPooling' => ($pooling) ? 1 : 0, "CharacterSet" => "UTF-8" // <---- voila )); |
For more SQLSRV Connection options, go here.
2 replies on “PHP: sqlsrv problems with UTF-8 values? Set your CharacterSet option!”
Thanks!!! This was exactly what I was looking for
Good advice, solve my problem thanks!