adding hebrew value to sql using PDO <p>I am trying to add a Hebrew value to a database using php's PDO class.</p> <p>After finally succeeding doing that (by using: <code>array(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND =&gt; "SET NAMES utf8"</code>), I found out that <code>COLLATE HEBREW_CI_AS</code> is added to my value.</p> <p>Is there any way to prevent this addition?</p> <p>thank you, and sorry for my bad English.</p>