What are common encoding issues between PHP and Wordpress databases?

Common encoding issues between PHP and WordPress databases can occur when different character sets are used, leading to garbled or incorrectly displayed text. To solve this issue, ensure that both PHP and WordPress databases are using the same character encoding, such as UTF-8. This can be set in the database configuration settings or by specifying the character set in PHP when connecting to the database.

// Set character encoding for database connection
$pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=database;charset=utf8', 'username', 'password');
$pdo->exec("set names utf8");