How to change apache2 default charset in Ubuntu

If you want to change the apache2 default charset in Ubuntu try this procedure

You need to edit this file /etc/apache2/conf.d/charset

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/conf.d/charset

next you should change the line

#AddDefaultCharset ISO-8859-1

to

AddDefaultCharset {YOUR_DEFAULT_CHARSET | Example: UTF-8}

save and exit the file

Now you need to restart the apache server using the following command

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

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