Swedish chars å,ä,ö are question marks after server change

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Mysmasken, Nov 19, 2007.

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    I just tried to move my forums to another server.
    I just copied everything including the database but now all the swedish letters åäöÅÄÖ shows as question marks in Firefox or square in Explorer.

    What caused this?
    I set MYSQL to utf8_general_ci just like it was on the old server.

    Please help me :confused:
     
    Mysmasken, Nov 19, 2007 IP
  2. Dan Schulz

    Dan Schulz Peon

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    Stephanie, check to make sure that the character encoding being sent by the new server also matches the one being sent by the old server.
     
    Dan Schulz, Nov 19, 2007 IP
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    General isn't enough. And I believe it only works if you install mysql server with specific UTC coding... I've tried this a few times, but always forget and I end up with the same problem as you.

    æøå <- you see they get output here. But if DP Shawn moves this, to another server, it would crap up.
     
    pj1s, Nov 19, 2007 IP
  4. Mysmasken

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    Ok, I tried to upload a fresh Phpbb2 version and install it with a fresh copy of the swedish language pack but even at the installation screen it gives me question marks :confused:
    Before I have even installed it.

    Could there be a setting I need to do in Lxadmin?
     
    Mysmasken, Nov 20, 2007 IP