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How to change the default charset to UTF-8 on XAMMP (MySQL)
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How to change the default charset to UTF-8 on XAMMP (MySQL)
1. Open "my.ini" in "C:\xampp\mysql\bin\" directory.
2. Edit the following lines.
# Add the following code before [client].
default-character-set=utf8
# Add the following code before [mysqld].
character-set-server=utf8
skip-character-set-client-handshake
# Add the following code before [mysqldump].
default-character-set=utf8
# Add the following code before [mysql].
default-character-set=utf8
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