what is the difference between utf8 and utf-8?

Question

just wondering that what is the difference between utf8 and utf-8? or they are just the same? as I have read in an answer here at SO saying use utf8 for PDO as utf-8 generate errors sometimes.

EDITS where would utf-8 be invalid to use? (as answered in another similar question)

duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/questions/809620/utf8-or-utf-8 — farmer1992, Nov 07 '13 at 16:12
No difference, just convention. See [here][1]. [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/809620/utf8-or-utf-8 — Jeff, Nov 07 '13 at 16:12

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 07 '13 at 16:30

1

There is no difference between "utf8" and "utf-8"; they are simply two names for UTF8, the most common Unicode encoding.

answered Nov 07 '13 at 16:30

Ramchandra Apte

4,033
2
24
44

what is the difference between utf8 and utf-8?

1 Answers1