php Encode and decode html tags

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i am using html_entity_decode($str) for decode html tags, but it cannot be able to decode the text. it show ? for " " in output... i have used htmlentities also to encode it and at display time i decode it also. but the problem is not solve.you can watch the output at 'http://www.aspits.com/aspits/testimonials.php'. i am suffering from this please help me. i have tried so much things for it but i am not be able to get the solution for this. in database it appear correct means in database the entry is "test" but when i show it on front end then it display ?test? like this as output...

alex · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-02 03:45:21Z

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Do your character sets in database and HTML match?

If not, make them. Assuming you are using UTF-8.

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

I'll also assume MySQL (please tag what database you are using).

SET NAMES 'utf-8'

Update

Just looked at your site. You are informing the browser you are using UTF-8.

Please check your database.

answered Dec 2, 2010 at 3:45

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Abhishek Over a year ago

thanks for your response... i am using mysql as database and i use the meta tag as you show me but what you want to tell me i can't able to understand what you want to say . what is means of SET NAMES 'utf-8' where should i use this and why... please tell me

alex Over a year ago

@Abhishek You should run that query. e.g. mysql_query('SET NAMES \'utf-8\'').

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