C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysql.ini を編集
[mysqld] character-set-server=utf8 [mysql] default-character-set=utf8
mysqlクライアントで確認
C:\xampp\mysql\bin>mysql --defaults-file=my.ini Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 2 Server version: 5.5.8 MySQL Community Server (GPL) Copyright (c) 2000, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement. mysql> show variables like "char%"; +--------------------------+--------------------------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +--------------------------+--------------------------------+ | character_set_client | utf8 | | character_set_connection | utf8 | | character_set_database | utf8 | | character_set_filesystem | binary | | character_set_results | utf8 | | character_set_server | utf8 | | character_set_system | utf8 | | character_sets_dir | C:\xampp\mysql\share\charsets\ | +--------------------------+--------------------------------+ 8 rows in set (0.00 sec)
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