title: Database encoding cakephp search
body: <p>I have a database with names and I need to look up a name and get results from both with as without special chars.</p>
  
  <p>Problem is that the names in the database are not saved correctly. </p>
  
  <p>Example: 
  I need to look up the name 'Mariën'. I have a 'Marien' and a 'MariÃ«n' in my database; But it gives no results... </p>
  
  <p><strong>In my core:</strong> 
      <code>Configure::write('App.encoding', 'UTF-8');</code></p>
  
  <p><strong>Database</strong></p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>utf8_general_ci for the database</p>
    
    <blockquote>
      <p>utf8_general_ci for the table</p>
      
      <blockquote>
        <p>varchar(100) utf8_general_ci  for the field</p>
      </blockquote>
    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Anyhelp on this part?</p>