Strange symbols!!

[sharifnaim]

Greetings all,

I just uploaded my forum 425 and registered couple of new users to check the registration process.

I received the welcome emails which containg starange long numbers and symbols!!
My forum in Arabic language and it seems fine in all the sections but not in the emails.
Also, I noticed the same when I registerd one user in arabic name, the name came up like ??????

I tried to search the forum with no luck! Please see attached!

Any ideas please!

Many thanks in advance

[snakes1100]

I’m going to assume the import of the db char doesn’t match what the server is using, make sure they match, most likely a utf8 mismatch

[sharifnaim]

Originally Posted by snakes1100

I?m going to assume the import of the db char doesn?t match what the server is using, make sure they match, most likely a utf8 mismatch

Many thanks for your kind reply.
Is there any chance telling me how to fix it please in the cpanel!
Its more than appreciated

[final kaoss]

Set your collations and charset to UTF-8, here's how.

https://vbtechsupport.com/1375/3/

[sharifnaim]

Originally Posted by final kaoss

Set your collations and charset to UTF-8, here's how.
https://vbtechsupport.com/1375/3/

Sorted, many thanks for your kind help.