How to search strings for Russian words?

Question

Laravel

if ($request->get('search') != '') {
            foreach ($columns as $column) {
                $result->orWhere($column['name'], 'LIKE', '%' . $request->get('search') . '%');
            }
        }

I do search in all columns. When I enter something Russian on the page, it does not find anything. Looking for everything in English.

Answer 1

Try querying the database directly. Check encodings.