How can one ensure that data is stored in UTF-8 encoding in PHP?

To ensure that data is stored in UTF-8 encoding in PHP, you can set the character encoding to UTF-8 before interacting with the database. This can be done by executing the query "SET NAMES 'utf8'" after establishing a connection to the database. This will ensure that data is stored and retrieved in UTF-8 encoding. 

// Establish a connection to the database
$connection = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

// Set the character encoding to UTF-8
$connection->set_charset("utf8");

// Execute query to set the character set
$connection->query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");

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UTF-8 encoding PHP data storage character set

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