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Iconv() fails with "Notice: iconv(): Detected an illegal character in input string". Fails silently (as in - nothing is output) Utf8_decode() is not able to process the characters. Trying to fix this in PHP turns out to be a bit challenging: So, the issue is that "false" (UTF8-encoded twice) utf-8 needs to be converted back into "correct" utf-8 (only UTF8-encoded once). THe "Ã¥" characters equals the UTF-8 character for "å" (this is my second encoding). The strange characters are double-encoded UTF-8 characters, so in my case the first "Ã" part equals "Ã" and "Â¥" = "¥" (this is my first "encoding").Anyways, that can be resolved by taking note of which encoding your text editor is using when presenting the file contents. I use TextPad here but opening the same file in SublimeText said "sÃ¥" because SublimeText correctly UTF8-encoded the file - still, this is a bit confusing when you start trying to fix the issue in PHP because you don't see the right data in SublimeText at first. On a side note, you may get different results if opening the same file in another editor. Opening the SQL backup file in a text editor shows that the SQL backup file has strange characters such as "sÃ¥".Database is restored on a new MySQL server by copy-pasting the contents from the database backup file into phpMyAdmin.
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They appear in place of common characters like, - : etc. The front end of the website contains combinations of strange characters inside product text: Ã, Ã, ¢, â‚ etc. I format and import this into Prestashop 1.4.4. I have a new drop-shipping affiliate website, and receive an exported copy of the product catalog from the wholesaler.