The degree character is displayed correctly in the database however it is not displayed correctly on this page.

https://www.northerngauge.com/products/api-6a-bpv-thread-gauges

When I add this content (1-1/4" 4 BPV 90° LH GO PLUG GAUGE) to the page directly in the html, it displays correctly so it is not the page charset: charset="utf-8".

Something is modifying the character between fetching in the database and displaying on the page.

Any ideas why this is happening?

The degree symbol needs to be stored in the database as:

Thank you disco_2_disco.

When I add htmlentities to the post helper function, it doesn't recognize the degree character (or any other special character) and returns \ufffd.

For anyone else that comes across this issue, here is how I resolved it:

In the post function in form_helper.php, I added htmlentities and flags: