HTML输入框中的PHP UTF-8编码

Question

Here what is in database

Seilpendel für Tragsysteme

now i am loading it into textbox via AJAX but what loads into textbox is

Seilpendel f�r Tragsysteme

but i want correct string Seilpendel für Tragsysteme into inputbox

i have tried

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

but not its working

Answer 1

Make sure the db is encoded in UTF8, or use utf8_encode() or utf8_decode() when loading data from db or when writing back.