[RESOLVED] Excel reading problem using PHP

[bala_god]

Hai,
I want to read excel file and store the data into mysql.
my excel file contains special symbols like ∫,Ω,√ ... (all physics formulas).
I used phpexcelreader from pear.but this symbols are not reading correctly. it shows as rectangle box.
please provide a solution for this to resolve.

[johanafm]

The boxes most likely indicate non-printable characters. It means that either the font or application in use does not have them, or that you have character encoding issues.

[bala_god]

Hi,
I tried with Entity symbols , it's working more details please refer this link.
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/mathchart.html