mysql wrong connection encoding

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I have mysql tables with utf8 encoding. The Data Backend and phpmyadmin are also set to utf8.

But something went wrong and i was told the connection was set wrong. It is easy to fix, but the Problem is, that now the whole Database is in the wrong enconding and if i fix the connection, the wrong data will be displayed in the Backend. What would be the simplest way to "convert" all fields of all tables? I would have written a script that runs over all tables and fields with something like utf8_decode/encode, but I would like to know if there is a nicer way?

Maxime Pacary · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-24 16:41:05Z

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If you have, for example, Ã© instead of é in your DB, you could do the following

Export using mysqldump
Run a PHP script doing utf8_encode(file_get_contents('dump_file.sql')) and output it to a correctly encoded dump file
Import that new file using mysql

I guess that there could be smarter ways but I hope this will help.

answered Mar 24, 2011 at 16:41

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Flo Over a year ago

maybe there are but if I dont know them.. that does not help me ;) Your solution is better than mine I think, so thanks :)

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