Problems with Spanish language

Question

Hello!
i'm connecting my DB with PHP, my problem comes when i try to capture ñ's or accents (á, é, í, ó, ú ). When i capture these character from my APEX they appear:
20 fátima 20
But, when i insert info from PHP the characters don't appear:
15 f�tima 20
My NLS_CHARACTERSET value on Oracle is AL32UTF8 and
select * from nls_session_parameters;
NLS_LANGUAGE MEXICAN SPANISH
NLS_TERRITORY MEXICO
NLS_CURRENCY $
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY MEXICO
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS .,
NLS_CALENDAR GREGORIAN
NLS_DATE_FORMAT DD/MM/RR
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE MEXICAN SPANISH
NLS_SORT WEST_EUROPEAN
NLS_TIME_FORMAT HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT DD/MM/RR HH24:MI:SSXFF TZR
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY $
NLS_COMP BINARY
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP FALSE
select * from nls_instance_parameters;
NLS_LANGUAGE AMERICAN
NLS_TERRITORY AMERICA
NLS_SORT -
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE -
NLS_DATE_FORMAT -
NLS_CURRENCY -
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS -
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY -
NLS_CALENDAR -
NLS_TIME_FORMAT -
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT -
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT -
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT -
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY -
NLS_COMP -
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP FALSE
select * from nls_database_parameters;
NLS_LANGUAGE AMERICAN
NLS_TERRITORY AMERICA
NLS_CURRENCY $
NLS_ISO_CURRENCY AMERICA
NLS_NUMERIC_CHARACTERS .,
NLS_CHARACTERSET AL32UTF8
NLS_CALENDAR GREGORIAN
NLS_DATE_FORMAT DD-MON-RR
NLS_DATE_LANGUAGE AMERICAN
NLS_SORT BINARY
NLS_TIME_FORMAT HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIMESTAMP_FORMAT DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM
NLS_TIME_TZ_FORMAT HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR
NLS_TIMESTAMP_TZ_FORMAT DD-MON-RR HH.MI.SSXFF AM TZR
NLS_DUAL_CURRENCY $
NLS_COMP BINARY
NLS_LENGTH_SEMANTICS BYTE
NLS_NCHAR_CONV_EXCP FALSE
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET AL16UTF16
NLS_RDBMS_VERSION 10.2.0.1.0
PHP has this sentence but it has ; (comment)
;default_charset = "iso-8859-1"
Is this problem of ORacle or PHP, and what should i change?
Thank u!

Answer 1

Hi Rafael,
I'm sure my friend Paolo is correct (+5 points buddy)
I ran into this problem with the Swedish and German language files as well :(
Swedish;
http://forum.cisco.com/eforum/servlet/NetProf?page=netprof&forum=Unified%20Communications%20and%20Video&topic=Unified%20Communications%20Applications&topicID=.ee835d2&CommCmd=MB%3Fcmd%3Dpass_through%26location%3Doutline%40%5E1%40%40.2cd33d55/0#selected_message
German;
http://forum.cisco.com/eforum/servlet/NetProf?page=netprof&forum=Unified%20Communications%20and%20Video&topic=IP%20Telephony&CommCmd=MB%3Fcmd%3Dpass_through%26location%3Doutline%40%5E1%40%40.2cd4047b/0#selected_message
Cheers!
Rob