How to remove question marks when importing the Russian language?

Question

MySQL

Guys, I ran into a problem when importing the Russian language into the phpfox engine. I fill in the folder with xml files, it is imported, but in the end the entire translation is displayed with question marks. Tell me where to change the encoding, or in general what to do to fix this problem?

Answer 1

I fill in the folder with xml files, it is imported, but in the end the entire translation is displayed with question marks.

This is a 100% engine error: the XML file contains an encoding.
Use the debugger to get to the place of import and fix the error. Send a pull request to developers.

Answer 2

SET NAMES utf8;

Answer 3

Ideally, the encoding should be the same everywhere. In front-end files, database and php.