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hi all,

im trying fix migration extension mtwmigrator (http://www.matware.com.ar/joomla/mtwmig ... rsion.html) support utf8.

when run migrator, ok. database have correct collation , data ok joomla shows strange characters.

you can see example of here: http://test.matware.com.ar/asiaminer.co ... itemid=101

i write test php read article , show , works fine. strange.
http://test.matware.com.ar/asiaminer.com/test.php

if have help, apreciated.

take care

check out iconv php extension. you'll need work out source data in (ask user best guess) , convert utf-8. databases rather dumb in regard changing collation changes how interprets information giving/handing out - can feed ever characters want , won't know difference. fortunately web browsers rather forgiving seems, unfortunately means errors in data go undetected , unresolved rather long period of time.





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