When read a Excel file using Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader data contain unwanted � between each characters,When insert it into mysql DB. How to solve this issue
1 Answer
Sounds like a character set mismatch. This question on SO might help re. the spreadsheet: php-excel-reader - problem with UTF-8 and then check that your tables/columns are using the same (ideally UTF-8) character set, and that your connection is also using UTF-8.