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Hello,

I'm facing a persistent issue when importing databases from vBulletin to XenForo 2.x. This issue specifically affects databases with a character set of latin1 or latin1_swedish_ci and involves Arabic text.

The Problem:​

• When importing, Arabic text either:
  1. Appears as unreadable characters, like this:
     Code:
     
     ÇáãæÇÖíÚ ÇáÏÚÇÆíÉ æãæÇÖíÚ ÇáÇÚáÇäÇÊ ÊÖÇÝ Ýì ÇáÞÓã ÇáãÎÕÕ á
  2. Shows up as a series of question marks:
     Code:
     
     ????????????????????

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