Inserting JSON string into MySQL column UTF-8
<p>I am generating <strong>JSON valid string</strong> like: <code>[{"head":"Model Name","body":"T102HA-GR015T"}]</code></p>

<p>The string generated on <strong><em>UTF-8</em></strong> page with <code>header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');</code> and file encoding <strong><em>UTF-8</em></strong>.</p>

<p>The connection to database made by PDO with <code>charset=utf8</code></p>

<p>DB table &amp; column collations are <code>utf8_general_ci</code></p>

<p><strong>When it inserted to db it look like:</strong></p>

<p><em>For Russian</em>: <code>[{"head":"\u041d\u0430\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043c\u043e\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0438","body":"T102HA-GR015T"}]</code></p>

<p><em>For Hebrew</em>: <code>[{"head":"\u05d3\u05d2\u05dd","body":"T102HA-GR015T"}]</code></p>

<p><strong>And I want it to be inserted to db in actual lang characters, like:</strong></p>

<p><em>For Russian</em>: <code>[{"head":"Название модели","body":"T102HA-GR015T"}]</code></p>

<p><em>For Hebrew</em>: <code>[{"head":"דגם","body":"T102HA-GR015T"}]</code></p>

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