how to select mysql query with foreign language?

Let me show you in simple way

 SELECT * FROM dictionary WHERE malayalam = 'ആകാശം'

this query working fine on phpmysql at the same time it doesn't detect raw while query on .php page

I am just building a English to Malayalam and Malayalam to English dictionary

the website is http://www.chatfitness.com/

receiving malayalam word from mysql working fine on the basis of English word.

unfortunately receiving English word doesn't work properly :(

I'm using same query for both function here is the code searching with English word

if(isset($_GET['en']))
{
    $english = $_GET['en'];
    mysql_query ("set character_set_results='utf8'"); 
    $result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM en_table WHERE word = '$english' LIMIT 1"); 
    $numrows=mysql_num_rows($result);

    if($numrows!=0){
        $row = mysql_fetch_array($result);
        $english_id = $row['en_id'];

        //select malayalam id which are matching with english id
        $en_query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM dictionary WHERE english = '$english_id'"); 
        //$en_rows = mysql_fetch_array($en_query);

        while($en_rows = mysql_fetch_array($en_query)){
        $en_malayalam = $en_rows['malayalam'];
        mysql_query ("set character_set_results='utf8'");
            $ml_query=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ml_table WHERE ml_id = '$en_malayalam'");
            while($ml_rows = mysql_fetch_array($ml_query)){
            echo $ml_rows['word'];
            echo "<br />";
            }

        }

    }else{
        echo "<p>നിങ്ങള്‍ അന്വേഷിക്കുന്ന " . $english . " എന്ന പദത്തിന്റെ അര്‍ഥം കണ്ടെത്താനായില്ല.</p> 
        <p>സാധ്യമെങ്കില്‍, ദയവായി നിഘണ്ടുവില്‍ ചേര്‍ക്കുക.</p>";
    }

the same way I'm using searching with Malayalam

}elseif(isset($_GET['ml'])){
    $malayalam = $_GET['ml'];
    mysql_query ("set character_set_results='utf8'");
    $results=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM ml_table WHERE 'word'= '$malayalam' LIMIT 1"); 

    $numrow=mysql_num_rows($results);
    echo $numrow ;

   //here is the problem $numrow always zero :( 
    if($numrow!=0){
        $row = mysql_fetch_array($results);
        $malayalam_id = $row['ml_id'];
        //echo $malayalam_id ;
        //select malayalam id which are matching with english id
        $ml_query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM dictionary WHERE malayalam = '$malayalam_id'"); 
        //$en_rows = mysql_fetch_array($en_query);

        while($ml_rows = mysql_fetch_array($ml_query)){
        $ml_english = $ml_rows['malayalam'];            
            $ml_query=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM en_table WHERE en_id = '$ml_english'");
            while($ml_rows = mysql_fetch_array($ml_query)){
            //echo $ml_rows['word'];
            echo "<br />";
            }
        }    
    }else{
        echo "We do not have meaning of $malayalam at the moment. <br /> Could you add your word pls";
    }


}else{
    die("please select search value");
}

what ever I search from mysql $numrow=mysql_num_rows($results); numrows always zero :( could you help me please for this problem

I'm stuck here :( thanks in advance

You should try one of these:

1.) using mysql_set_charset('utf8', $dbconn); instead of mysql_query() as shown in http://php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-set-charset.php

2.) use query("set names utf8"); as suggested in SET NAMES utf8 in MySQL?