how can i install english + arabic together

[islam2hamy]

try to use arabic-utf8 files

[ranKoto]

hi jannah

im having the same problem in a couple weeks ago, but its fixed now 

this is what i did

go to your cpanel>phpmyadmin

convert the database collation into utf8_general_ci
then convert the collation in every single table in the database into utf8_general_ci
then go to your admin page > maintenance : Converted all html language entities to UTF8

dont forget to put your site in maintenance mode while converting the DB

good luck then   

NB : i didnt even use the arabic-utf8 files or English-UTF8

using arabic-utf8 files didnt solve the problem, its just change the default languange into arabic

[jannah]

Finally got some time today to do this!! Yayy your directions worked. Thank you so much ranKoto!!!! It took about 10 minutes to go through every table and change it but it's well worth it!!! thanks so much again.

[Croco]

Can you check if your database tables are UTF8 encoding ?

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

I am using Malay language as default and i can still post in arabic. Make sure the default language (whatever that is) is set to use utf8 version. UTF8 can read arabic whatever language that is.