{"id":6264,"date":"2017-03-09T16:50:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/change_encoding_htaccess\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T12:50:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:50:00","slug":"change_encoding_htaccess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/change_encoding_htaccess\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change character encoding via .htaccess"},"content":{"rendered":"

If instead of a website you see some hieroglyphic gibberish \u2014 you might have enabled a wrong character encoding system. You can change it in the\u00a0.htaccess file.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to change character encoding via .htaccess<\/span><\/h2>\n
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      1. Log into\u00a0cPanel<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. On the dashboard, click on\u00a0File manager.<\/em>\"How<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. Go to the\u00a0public_html <\/em>folder.<\/em>\"3\"<\/span><\/li>\n
      4. By default,\u00a0.<\/em>htaccess is hidden<\/span><\/span>. So click the\u00a0Settings button and check the Show hidden files (dotfiles) mark.\"How<\/span><\/li>\n
      5. Now click on\u00a0.<\/em>htaccess<\/span>\u00a0and click Edit<\/i>.\u00a0\"How<\/span><\/li>\n
      6. Add at the beginning of the file:<\/span>
        \n AddDefaultCharset UTF-8<\/span> – if you want UTF-8 encoding<\/span>
        \n AddDefaultCharset WINDOWS-1250<\/span>\u00a0– if you want Windows-1250<\/span><\/li>\n
      7. After you are done with the file, click on Save changes<\/em>.\"How<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        You also should check which encoding is being used in your database<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

        How to change the encoding in the database<\/span><\/h2>\n
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            1. Log into\u00a0cPanel.<\/span><\/li>\n
            2. On the dashboard, under Databases,\u00a0click on phpMyAdmin.<\/em><\/span>\"How<\/li>\n
            3. Click on your website’s database to the left.<\/span>\"e343b87876\"<\/li>\n
            4. Click on Operations<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n
            5. Under Collation, select the encoding you are using on the website.<\/span>\"0f71b6cb53\"<\/li>\n
            6. Click Go<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Now clean your browser’s cache by pressing Ctrl+F5 and check whether your website is displayed correctly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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