title: PHP/MySQL strange character issue
body: <p>I have a vanilla forum based forum website. Currently customizing it. Before few days it was working fine. I am observing strange characters with data in the database when I save things.
  For example if i register a new user using <code>naseem@gmail.com</code> in the database it saves as <code>seem@gmail.com�</code>
  naseem is stripped to seem and some strange character at the end of the string.</p>
  
  <p>I cant figure it out. Any kind of help is appreciated.</p>