Title: [Plugin: WP-Table Reloaded] csv import accent
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP-Table Reloaded] csv import accent

 *  Resolved [rcavalli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rcavalli/)
 * (@rcavalli)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-csv-import-accent/)
 * Hi,
    I’m here from Brazil, sorry my english is the translator.
 * I am importing a table from csv, but our language uses accent. Thus the words
   with accents are so “�” (question mark)
 * I wonder how the form of import you use, what function does this import, and 
   if you give me a hint how to solve this.
 * Att
 * Rafael Cavalli

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 *  [e-sushi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/e-sushi/)
 * (@e-sushi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-csv-import-accent/#post-1797219)
 * The “�” (question mark) you are seeing means that some file you are using along
   the way does not support UTF-8 correctly.
 * You would have to open up the plugin files and make sure they are saved UTF-8
   and – if possible – without the BOM (Byte Order Mark) so PHP doesn’t get confused.
 * If you don’t know what I mean, contact the plugin developer directly… he should
   be able to “correct the issue”.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-csv-import-accent/#post-1797228)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question, Rafael, and thanks for the explanation, e-sushi.
 * Yes indeed, this is a problem with different character encodings. Unfortunately,
   however, I have not yet been able to resolve this satisfactorily.
    It seems that
   somewhere between the import process of the CSV file (for which I use an external
   PHP library) and the saving to the database (which happens in a “serialized” 
   string), the character encoding gets broken, so that special characters (like
   accents) are not shown correctly.
 * The only workarounds that I’m currently aware of are to manually save the file
   again in different character encodings and try with those (this is what e-sushi
   describes, and you can for example do it with Notepad and “Save as” there).
    
   A different solution (which requires more work) is to manually fix all characters
   that are broken after the import.
 * If someone knows a permanent solution (or can even find the necessary steps to
   fix this in the plugin code), I’d really be happy to hear it!
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [rcavalli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rcavalli/)
 * (@rcavalli)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-csv-import-accent/#post-1797262)
 * I saved the csv file manually to UTF8 encoding, and thus the problem did not 
   occur.
    anyway thanks and congratulations for the plugin … is great!!
 *  Thread Starter [rcavalli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rcavalli/)
 * (@rcavalli)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-csv-import-accent/#post-1797263)
 * I think the editor I was saving the file to use with other encoding and did not
   realize it.

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 * Last reply from: [rcavalli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rcavalli/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-table-reloaded-csv-import-accent/#post-1797263)
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