title: Codeigniter / PHPexcel Set arabic title in properties of xls file
body: <p>I am working on my web project using Codeigniter. I want to generate an excel file by setting the data in the file, for now that's cool.</p>
  
  <p>but I have a problem is that the site uses Arabic as a primary language, and I would set the title and description in the properties of excel file.</p>
  
  <p>when I open the excel file and I open the properties, it does not display the title and description in Arabic, but like this:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Ã™Â‡Ã™Â„ Ã˜ÂªÃ˜Â¹Ã˜ÂªÃ™Â‚Ã˜Â¯ Ã˜Â£Ã™Â† Ã˜Â§Ã™Â„Ã™Â†Ã˜Â¸Ã˜Â§Ã™Â… Ã˜Â§Ã™Â„Ã˜Â³Ã™ÂˆÃ˜Â±Ã™ÂŠ Ã˜Â³Ã™ÂŠÃ˜Â³Ã˜ÂªÃ˜Â¬Ã™ÂŠÃ˜Â¨ Ã™Â„Ã˜Â´Ã˜Â±Ã™ÂˆÃ˜Â· Ã˜Â®Ã˜Â§Ã˜Â·Ã™ÂÃ™ÂŠ Ã™Â†Ã˜Â³Ã˜Â§Ã˜Â¡ Ã™ÂˆÃ˜Â£Ã˜Â·Ã™ÂÃ˜Â§Ã™Â„ Ã™Â…Ã™Â† Ã˜Â§Ã™Â„Ã˜Â¹Ã™Â„Ã™ÂˆÃ™ÂŠÃ™Â†Ã˜ÂŸ</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I tried utf8_decode function but it does not work</p>
  
  <p>thank you</p>