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Character Sets, Collations and Sorting: Why Your Database Thinks "Sara" Equals "sara"
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A unique email that rejects a different capital letter, lists that sort differently in PHP and MySQL, Arabic searches that miss: all collation. Here's how character sets and collations work, and how to choose them on purpose.
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Unicode and UTF-8: Why Your Text Turns Into Question Marks
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An Arabic name goes in, four question marks come out. Encoding bugs leave fingerprints: here's how to read them, why MySQL's utf8 isn't UTF-8, and the PHP string traps that cut letters in half.
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01. About Shiroz
Mohammed Shiroz
Hi, I'm Mohammed Shiroz, a software engineer and AI enthusiast from Sri Lanka who turns ideas into intelligent, real-world solutions. With over 9 years of hands-on experience, I currently lead real estate ERP development at Kate Group, a...
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