are you using mysql? check the encoding of your tables
run this command inside mysql cli
show create table table_name
at then end of the table you must see something like this:
DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci
but this default setting can be overwritten by the column type, for example if you have some text column, you also must see something like this
`column_name` text CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL,
I think this time it's not a db issue.
I tried to get the same row from a new blank document, using mysqli and it works as expected
<html>
<head><meta charset="utf-8"></head>
<body><?php
$mysqli = new mysqli(.......);
$res = $mysqli->query('select * from the_same_table');
$row = $res->fetch_object();
echo $row->column;
?></body>
</html>
prints
NEB Fab4 2.0 ☢
After setting the charset on the tables maybe you should try to do:
$res = $mysqli->query('SET NAMES utf8');
before the main select query.
And the php file also must be saved in the same utf8.
Using mysqli works fine, it doesn't work using laravel db:: or eloquent model::!
this is the query
$res = DB::table($tableName)->select(DB::raw('*, count(col) as tot'))->groupBy('col')->get()
I can't get the right utf-8 decoding!
I have this query
select name from table ....
mysqli gets this result
$mysqli->query('select name from table');
....
array (size=1)
'name' => string 'Altaïr' (length=7)
....
eloquent
User::all()
....
"name":"Alta\u00c3\u00afr"
....
printing the result of mysqli query (in a view with charset utf-8)
Altaïr <--- as expected
printing the result of eloquent query
Altaïr
What am I doing wrong?
I am also trying to do something like this
$names = DB::table($tableName)->groupBy('uid')->get(array('name'));
foreach($names as $user) {
$user->name = utf8_decode($user->name);
}
return $names;
and ...
UnexpectedValueException
The Response content must be a string or object implementing __toString(), "boolean" given.
if I do the same thing less the utf8_decode
$names = DB::table($tableName)->groupBy('uid')->get(array('name'));
foreach($names as $user) {
$user->name = $user->name . '_modified';
}
return $names;
works fine
[{"name":"John_modified"},{"name":"Alta\u00c3\u00afr_modified"},
and, one other thing, if I do
$names = DB::table($tableName)->groupBy('uid')->get(array('name'));
foreach($names as $user) {
var_dump($user);
$user->name = utf8_decode($user->name);
var_dump($user);
}
die;
return $names;
I get this
....
object(stdClass)[532]
public 'name' => string 'Altaïr' (length=9)
object(stdClass)[532]
public 'name' => string 'Altaïr' (length=7)
....
I don't know what else I can do....
Hi
I was also facing same issues. after debugging laravel "MySqlConnector" class
i have just commented this line $connection->prepare($names)->execute(); [line 38] and its start working.
The problem with our database from start its not utf8 then this issues is coming.
Are you doing this on the command line or in a view?
IF a view: Does your UTF-8 show up properly in HTML?
IF command line: Does your command line support the language your are trying to print_out to?
I work a lot with Japanese and have no issues if my Database is set to: Type: InnoDB Encodign: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8) Collation: utf8_unicode_ci
and my HTML has: <meta charset="utf-8">
I haven't worried about doing anything to my queries in years ...
In my case, I read from a third party Data source and there are some illegal characters mixed in the result.
It's useful that use utf8_decode function to avoid this error.
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