Topic: Encoding problem

Hello,
I just upgraded to PunBB 1.3.6, and I must have overlooked character encoding somewhere, because my forum does not display Arabic correctly.
What should I do to fix that?
Thank you.

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Re: Encoding problem

Try to change your database encoding (for example in phpMyAdmin for MySQL) to UTF-8 (utf-8 general ci).

Re: Encoding problem

UTF-8 is the database encoding. That's the first thing I checked, and it was UTF-8.

Re: Encoding problem

Here is an extra piece of information: When I post in Arabic now, the text appears with no problem. It's all the old topics that look funny. I think that I missed specifying what encoding to use at the database conversion stage when I upgraded yesterday. Is there any way to fix that?

Re: Encoding problem

This is an encoding / decoding tool that lets you simulate character encoding problems and errors.

Here, you can simulate what happens if you encode a text file with one encoding and then decode the text with a different encoding.

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Re: Encoding problem

I think problem in DB.
Maybe `message` text character set latin1.
Why latin1?
Default without any charset, but with charset for table.