• Registered: 2010-07-03
  • Posts: 5

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.

2 Reply by Trace

  • Trace
  • Trace
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  • Registered: 2012-07-01
  • Posts: 560

Re: Encoding problem

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

  • Registered: 2010-07-03
  • Posts: 5

Re: Encoding problem

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

  • Registered: 2010-07-03
  • Posts: 5

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?

  • Registered: 2014-03-09
  • Posts: 1

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.

download joomla template

  • Registered: 2015-09-22
  • Posts: 1

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.