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#23874 encoding problem utf8

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Latest post by esteve on Friday, 11 December 2015 00:49 CST

esteve
 Hi,

We tried to migrate the website from a server to another.
we get two problems : encoding utf8 is not correct..

widgets has disappered in the footer


see new server : http://entreprendre-au-pecq.fr/

old server ( website is ok ) : http://www.feder-louveciennes.com/

thank you

Pierre

tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Hello,

did you try to set the "Force UTF-8" option while restoring?

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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esteve
Hi,

Yes !
Pierre

tampe125
Akeeba Staff
When you create the new database, could you please double check if the default collation is utf8_generic_ci?
Moreover, double check if the old server supports UTF8MB4 and the new one doesn't

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

🇮🇹Italian: native 🇬🇧English: good • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Rome (UTC +1)
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

esteve
Hi,

we solved the problem !

but impossible to tell what happened to solve it !

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