save arabic text

i am connecting and saving useing this code , its not working , the result in db is ??????????????????????????????

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 <?php

   $dbhost = '-------';

   $dbuser = '-----------------';

   $dbpass = '---------------';

   $conn = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass);

   

   if(! $conn ) {

      die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());

   }

$name=mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['name']);

$phone=mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['phone']);

$adress=mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['adress']);

$besttimetocall=mysql_real_escape_string($_GET['besttimetocall']);

   $sql = "INSERT INTO neww 

      (name,phone,adress,besttimetocall,date) 

      VALUES ('$name','$phone','$adress','$besttimetocall',NOW())";

         

   mysql_select_db('----------------------');

   $retval = mysql_query( $sql, $conn );

   mysql_query("SET NAMES UTF8");

   if(! $retval ) {

      die('Could not enter data: ' . mysql_error());

   }

   

   echo "Entered data successfully\n";

   

   mysql_close($conn);

?>

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see my answer in your other thread arabic

let us know, if this works for you

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