Thread

Hello,

I’m trying to store Russian content in 1 field in an entry that is otherwise Latin-based.

When I hit Submit to save the entry, the value in that field is not saved to the database. The field is empty in the database.

If I enter the value directly into the database field, it persists, and when I load the entry screen in the CP, I can see the value in the field. When I save the entry again, though, the value disappears—It’s not saved again.

EE: 2.5.2, 20120606
PHP: 5.3.6 (MAMP Pro)
MySQL: 5.5.9
MySQL charset: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8)
exp_channel_data collation: utf8_general_ci (as well as all tables/fields)
Config values:

$db['expressionengine']['char_set'] = 'utf8';
$db['expressionengine']['dbcollat'] = 'utf8_general_ci';

Am I missing anything? Should this just work?

Thanks,
Mark

Hi circa1977,

I’m sorry for the problems you are having, this certainly should be working as you expect.

I was unable to replicate the issue on my sandbox, so there must be something unique to your setup.

Do you have any third-party add-ons installed? What kind of channel field are you attempting to save into?

I look forward to your reply!

Cheers,

Hi Dan,

It’s just a text input field (for now).

So far I only have:

* Assets
* Structure
* Wygwam
* Zoo Flexible Admin

installed. RTE is disabled.

Here’s the setup for the channel fields: http://www.circa1977.net/snap/channel-fields.png

Thanks,
Mark

Hi again,

I just deployed the site to my Staging server and tried things and it works there - Just not in my MAMP Pro environment locally.

It’s not an EE issue then, but any thoughts as to why that would be?

Thanks,
Mark

If I switch MAMP Pro from PHP 5.3.6 to PHP 5.2.17, I’m able to save the Russian text.

The server is PHP 5.3.5.

Mark

Hey circa1977,

Thanks for letting us know!

Is there anything else we can help you with?

Cheers,

I’d love to know if it’s a PHP version thing or a server thing if anyone has any insight…

Other than that, I have what I need to work on the site build and run it on the Staging server. Thanks!

Hey circa1977,

I am not sure, but I think it’s a server configuration issue. I have not seen this before and if it was a PHP version issue, I think I would have.

I am glad that things are good now.

If you need anything else, please just let me know by opening a new thread.

Cheers,