walter_kurt_neumann wrote:

> I have a database on Firebird 1.5 on a windows server with the
> characterset WIN1252. Now I have request some data with PHP with
> characterset UTF-8. What would be the best way to convert the data?
> 2. Is it right, if I connect to the database with UTF-8, that the
> database engine convert the data itselve?

Yes, that's right.

If you need everything in UTF-8 on the client side, than it's also the
best way.

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Milan Babuskov
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