Non latin characters issue

[cod3box]

Ok. I have an issue that i cant figure it out :(
My problem is that i use special characters in my language. What i mean is that in Greek Language the letters α, ά or ε, έ are the same letters but if you type the letter α in the search input field it doesn't highlight also the letters ά in the results list ! How can i force the plugin return results for both "α, ά" when i type "α" in the search input field and vice versa when i type "ά" to return both "α, ά" ??

This is very important in Greek Language or other non-latin languages like cyrillic etc.

Thanks!

[tgely]

Hi @cod3box ,
I have similar problems with AJAX requests. MySql makes some jokes but I can figure out it with binary collations.
I use utf8 character set with utf8_bin collation but it could be utb8mb4 charset with utf8mb4_bin collation.

Examples in mysql query script language

select pd.* 
from products_description pd
where
 lower(pd.products_name) like '%lá%' collate utf8_bin;

--  Error Code: 1253. COLLATION 'utf8_bin' is not valid for CHARACTER SET 'utf8mb4'

select pd.* 
from products_description pd
where
 lower(pd.products_name) like '%lá%' collate utf8mb4_bin;

-- OK

When you use javascript arrays on utf8 codepage in html then code text file in utf8 without BOM.