Escaping string that has encoding :/

[perrohunter]

hi !

Im trying to escape a string , however the encoding breaks down

I'm trying to store japanese characters into the database, however I don't know how to manager to get the characters into the database, so I just get everything in 𞆹 style, however, if i run a mysql_real_escape_string() it just breaks my string and returns me a bunch of ????? symbols :/

How to catch japanese characters from a form , encode em , and escape them to prevent injection , all the the same time ??????

[Kudose]

I believe you will need to set the charset in the form to the japanese charset and alter your table's charset to the japanese one as well.

[NogDog]

If using PHP version >= 5.2.3, you could try using the [man]mysql_set_charset/man function before doing the escaping and query.

[perrohunter]

THe legendary Nog Dog :3

I already tryed the mysql_set_charset() thing, but I came to realize that it's the same as haviing the DB and the table in the charset i need (UTF8) D: