What potential issues can arise when importing data from MSSQL to MYSQL, specifically regarding special characters?

When importing data from MSSQL to MYSQL, potential issues with special characters may arise due to differences in character encoding between the two databases. To solve this issue, you can set the character set and collation of the MYSQL connection to match that of the MSSQL database before importing the data.

// Set character set and collation for MYSQL connection
mysqli_set_charset($mysql_connection, 'utf8');

// Import data from MSSQL to MYSQL
// Your code for importing data here