I have exhausted every source that I can find online to fix this echo.

[NubPro]

Everything is stored in UTF 8 / nVarchar fields. It shows up correctly in database however it does not output correctly in php and yes I did tried adding a meta charset tag. It shows up alt codes correctly if it's insert manually into the html.

 

[NubPro]

well i have a solution which is to use html entities:

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Original:
™♥

To:

™♥hearts;

This is what happens after encoded in html entities:

~Vishni†ez~

However, this isn't what I want. It isn't the best solution, yet.
Can anyone provide an elegant method?
This problem has been haunting me for days.