chinese character problems
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 11:39 am
hi, there, i have problems that i dun understd and dunno where to start to look for it. so i posted here, if anybody knows, pls tell me.
would really appreciate it.here is my question:
my table 'bbs' contains :
bbsid
name
date
msg
name and msg both the collation is : utf8_unicode_ci
and the type for
name : varchar(20)
msg : text
now i can display the chinese character in browser,
i just wan to know, if i type english word in name, then i can only have 20 words there, but when i type chinese it will not have
20 chinese character.
i just want to know why.
and then i have a second question:
when bbs.php in browser i can view the chinese character.
but when i in php myadmin, why i see only strange code? how to solve this problem?
thanks.
thanks in advance who ever ans my question. ^^
would really appreciate it.here is my question:
my table 'bbs' contains :
bbsid
name
date
msg
name and msg both the collation is : utf8_unicode_ci
and the type for
name : varchar(20)
msg : text
now i can display the chinese character in browser,
i just wan to know, if i type english word in name, then i can only have 20 words there, but when i type chinese it will not have
20 chinese character.
i just want to know why.
and then i have a second question:
when bbs.php in browser i can view the chinese character.
but when i in php myadmin, why i see only strange code? how to solve this problem?
thanks.
thanks in advance who ever ans my question. ^^