json encode arabic issue

Question

When writing json contain arabic char it appear "??????????????"

$con = mysqli_connect($host,$username,$password,$db);







$q = mysqli_query($con,'select `product_id`, `product_name`, `sku`, `price`, `final_price`, `minimal_price`, `special_price`, `image`, `small_image`, `thumb_image`, `short_description`, `href`, `is_favorite`, `category_name` from   products_uae_ar');

mysqli_query($con, "SET NAMES 'utf8'");

mysqli_query($con, "SET CHARACTER SET 'utf8'");





print_r( json_encode($output));

Answer 1

This may not be the complete solution but you should tell the connection you want to use UTF-8 before issuing a query

$con = mysqli_connect($host,$username,$password,$db);
mysqli_query($con, "SET NAMES 'utf8'");
mysqli_query($con, "SET CHARACTER SET 'utf8'");
mysqli_set_charset($con, 'utf8mb4');

$q = mysqli_query($con,'select `product_id`, `product_name`, `sku`, 
                           `price`, `final_price`, `minimal_price`, 
                           `special_price`, `image`, `small_image`, 
                           `thumb_image`, `short_description`, `href`, 
                           `is_favorite`, `category_name` 
                        from   products_uae_ar');

print_r( json_encode($output));

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UTF-8 all the way through

json encode arabic issue

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