Browser display german language character issue

Question

my issue is i am displaying german language character and my browser convert some character in question mark symbol.

I have added image here you can see what is exact issue.

I have tried meta tag also like

still i am getting same issue. please help to correct code

my code

<meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
        <meta name="description" content="">
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="de, fr, it, en">
        <meta name="author" content="">

Possible duplicate of [UTF-8 encoded html pages show � (questions marks) instead of characters](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5445137/utf-8-encoded-html-pages-show-questions-marks-instead-of-characters) — IdeaMan, Apr 15 '16 at 08:51
i have tried answer not working http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5445137/utf-8-encoded-html-pages-show-questions-marks-instead-of-characters — shingala sohil, Apr 15 '16 at 11:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '16 at 11:48

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Hi I have find answer myself

Data comes from db using php server side scripting thats why html meta tag not working but we can do it using php header. please check below one line of code to do it.

header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1');

answered Apr 15 '16 at 11:48

shingala sohil

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this is perfect answer i have put above code and working well – shingala sohil Apr 18 '16 at 06:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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So there are a few possibilities:

Maybe (if you work on a web server) the configuration is wrong. Search for settings about ISO 8859-1.

It also could be the configuration of your browser. Check this topic on stackoverflow. It describes how to force browsers to use UTF-8 using .htaccess.

And if everything of this doesn't work you could change every character to the html code with search and replace. This should work without UTF-8.

Ä = Ä
ä = ä
Ö = Ö
ö = ö
Ü = Ü
ü = ü

I hope you find a solution.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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answered Apr 15 '16 at 11:33

Philipp

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try this one but still same – shingala sohil Apr 15 '16 at 11:38
How about the other methods? – Philipp Apr 15 '16 at 11:40
i have display content dynamic from db how can i replace that character using php logic ? – shingala sohil Apr 15 '16 at 11:45

Browser display german language character issue

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