UTF-8 and German characters?

Question

I have problem with German characters on my web site,

in html/php part of website i have this code to set utf-8:

<meta charset="utf-8">

in mysql, i have this code to set utf-8

SET CHARSET 'utf8';

1. Here is some word on German: Gemäß

2. Here is how that word looks in mysql table:

   Gemäß

3. Here is how that word is shown on the site: Gemäß

What is a problem? Thanks.

Answer 1

I was using this code to get title:

$title = mysql_real_escape_string(htmlentities($_POST['title']));

I just override that to

$title = $_POST['title'];