Displaying UTF8 Character on Codeigniter

Question

Config.php

$config['charset'] = 'UTF8';

database.php

$db['default']['char_set'] = 'utf8';
$db['default']['dbcollat'] = 'utf8_general_ci';

html header

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

my database has the collation of utf8_general_ci and my all files are encoded on utf8 even though i could not display my unicode character on my page

this always displays à¤µà¤¿.à¤¸à¤‚. à¥¨à¥¦à¥§à¥ª à¤¸à¤¾à¤²à¤®à¤¾

Is UTF-8 enabled in php.ini? Also, $config['charset'] should be set to 'UTF-8' instead of 'UTF8' if I'm not mistaken. — Ryan Kempt
– Ryan Kempt, Commented May 30, 2013 at 4:57
Are you setting the charset in your HTML pages <head>? <meta charset="utf-8"> — Jeemusu
– Jeemusu, Commented May 30, 2013 at 5:37

Sudhir Bastakoti · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-30 05:01:26Z

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you need to make sure you have utf8 everywhere, like in config.php

$config['charset'] = "UTF-8"; //not UTF8

in php.ini

default_charset = "utf-8"

for database

DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

answered May 30, 2013 at 5:01

Sudhir Bastakoti

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4 Comments

thank you very much sir... nepali ma text na aayera last tension bhako thiyo... :)

hehe , glad to know it worked for you... yea dimaag kharaab garney issue yestai ho .. simple cha but easily skip huncha dimaag baata.. :)

@Sld G'tam English please

Worked for me! Been a pain from past day.