Set MySQL to UTF-8
Change the following in my.cnf [mysqld] default-character-set= utf8 skip-character-set-client-handshake character-set-server= utf8 collation-server= utf8_general_ci init-connect= ‘SET NAMES utf8′ via M’sNOTE MySQL(デフォルト文字コード)の設定 – Ubuntu9.04.