# "Â" character appearing from php/mysql?!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-character-appearing-from-php-mysql/236058>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [August 16, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-character-appearing-from-php-mysql/236058 "2007-08-16T20:14:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zaid\_W1red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cab0a1/32.png) [@Zaid\_W1red](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zaid_W1red)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-character-appearing-from-php-mysql/236058/1 "2007-08-16T20:14:03Z")

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Hey Guys,

Im getting this figure  and some other strange characters out put when I echo my DB queries …ive seen this happen on other sites within there copy but never had it happen to me.

Any ideas or suggestions?