inserting special characters like alpha,beta in MySQL database

Question

How can I insert alpha,beta,delta into a MySQL database through php script?

I want to save my subject codes to my db table using these special characters.

Example subject code CSC113α .

Answer 1

From this website:

Declare @t table( id int, txt nvarchar(20))
Insert Into @t Values (1, N'αβγδ')
Insert Into @t Values (2, nchar(945)+nchar(946)+nchar(947)+nchar(948))

So, just make this into PHP, and you're set.

Answer 2

Set the text collation of the field you are trying to insert to, to UTF8 and try to insert the special character again.

ALTER TABLE `table_name`
MODIFY COLUMN `column_name` varchar(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;