CREATE TABLE `houses` ( `house_id` SMALLINT( 4 ) NOT NULL , `house_name` VARCHAR( 30 ) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL ) ENGINE = MYISAM CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci; mysql_query("SET NAMES utf8"); mysql_query("insert into houses (house_id, house_name) values ($hid, mysql_escape_string($hname))") or die('Unable to execute query'.mysql_error().''.mysql_errno());