# Character encoding issue

**URL:** <https://forum.spinitron.com/t/character-encoding-issue/1374>\
**Category:** 🐞 Bug-report\
**Created:** [August 6, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/character-encoding-issue/1374 "2024-08-06T16:16:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![wbor](https://forum.spinitron.com/user_avatar/forum.spinitron.com/wbor/32/1254_2.png) [@wbor](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/wbor)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/character-encoding-issue/1374/1 "2024-08-06T16:16:11Z")

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Looks like DJ names with special characters are not handled appropriately on the front-end in the station’s private pages:

 ![Screenshot 1](https://forum.spinitron.com/uploads/default/original/2X/a/ac4b57e9a7450652a2753531fd6e50ad81fd8657.png) ![Screenshot 2](https://forum.spinitron.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9c9b9730d0c0b01796ed77fefae72ce24a1d4b3d.png)

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**Author:** ![tom](https://forum.spinitron.com/user_avatar/forum.spinitron.com/tom/32/343_2.png) [@tom](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/tom)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/character-encoding-issue/1374/2 "2024-08-07T14:41:51Z")

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Thanks for that one, @wbor We’ve generally managed to avoid these embarrassments but overlooked that one, it seems. It can take a long time to weed out all the bugs.

This is probably due to using the incorrect [formatter](https://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/2.0/yii-i18n-formatter) for that context.