26 feb 2011 · These are utf-8 encoded characters. Use utf8_decode() to convert them to normal ISO-8859-1 characters.

Here is a Encoding Problem Chart that aids in debugging common UTF-8 character encoding problems. See these 3 typical problem scenarios that the chart can help ...

22 oct 2011 · The front end of the website contains combinations of strange characters inside product text: Ã, Ã, ¢, â‚ €, etc. These characters are present in about 40% of ...

5 feb 2023 · I can't determine the encoding of. It may be truncated, because if you take off the trailing "C2" byte it then successfully UTF8-decodes.

"¯" => "¯", "°" => "°", "±" => "±", "²" => "²", "³" => "³", " ... ", "¢" => "¢", "£" => "£", "¤" => "¤", "Â¥" => "¥", "¦" => "¦", " ...

23 sept 2014 · I can use the CODE function in Excel to get the underlying number for the individual characters (226, 128, 153, 147, 162 and 156 for the characters above).

26 feb 2018 · Most likely there is a Character set problem. It can occur when a MySQL and PHP are upgraded or when data has been incorrectly stored.

The only advice I would give is to rename the original column BEFORE you add the column. Then you can save the step of renaming the new column.