My site character encoding problem

[Muhammed al aslami]

I have a forum vb 3.8.11 and it worked perfectly on the release php 5.6.4
But when the hosting company's servers were migrated to the version php 7.3 The site has suffered an encoding damage and is strange.
I contacted the host but they couldn't fix the problem .
I uploaded a copy from another database and it also worked with the same problem.
I created a new database and installed a new forum from scratch without any topics or members and also worked with the same problem .
I tried adding Arabic language files that support utf8 the problem was not solved .

I hope you will help me because the site is down

This image is for a new installer forum copy on a new database and the same strange language

[Mark.B]

vBulletin 3.8.11 is end of life and as such is not compatible with php 7.4.

The highest version of php you can use it with is php 7.1.

[Muhammed al aslami]

vBulletin 3.8.11 is end of life and as such is not compatible with php 7.4.

The highest version of php you can use it with is php 7.1.

The host returned my site to php 7.1 after switching their systems.
As in the picture, but the character encoding issue was not resolved

[wayand]

Maybe your language pack is WINDOWS-1256, not UTF-8.
As your server is encoded utf8, then it should be ok to have your language to be in utf8 and the (HTML Character Set) in (Languages & Phrases) in Admincp can be UTF-8.

Probably you should check and get a language pack encoded utf-8, or set HTML Character Set to WINDOWS-1256.

[Muhammed al aslami]

Maybe your language pack is WINDOWS-1256, not UTF-8.
As your server is encoded utf8, then it should be ok to have your language to be in utf8 and the (HTML Character Set) in (Languages & Phrases) in Admincp can be UTF-8.

Probably you should check and get a language pack encoded utf-8, or set HTML Character Set to WINDOWS-1256.

I have tried both files and the coding issue was not resolved.

[Muhammed al aslami]

I have booked a new hosting for a month to try the site with a host running a server with the latest version php 7.4
The site now works perfectly without database character encoding .

But the letter coding problem was not solved with the main hosting site for the site, even with the use of the same version php 7.4 and the site does not work properly.

[wayand]

Then you should look for the difference between hosts:
. login to phpMyAdmin on both sites and compare values:



If the values are identical, then you may ask your try-host whether have made any changes to your config file (database connection encoding).

Generally, it is something in try-host that is missing in your main host: php, MySQL, server encoding (and main host Server type: Percona Server, what about try-host?)

You can also ask your try-host whether they have converted your tables from MYIAM (your phpMyAdmin shows table types of MYISAM with your main host) into INNODB.

[achfia_mohamed]

I have the same problem with my website:

https://www.fsjes-agadir.info/vb

Is there a solution to the problem of the Arabic language in version 3.8.11 and php version 7.1
The strange symbols appear instead of the Arabic language