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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Finally, many PHP functions that operate on strings have an optional parameter l
 
 If your PHP script accesses MySQL, there's a chance your strings could be stored as non-UTF-8 strings in the database even if you follow all of the precautions above.
 
-To make sure your strings go from PHP to MySQL as UTF-8, make sure your database and tables are all set to the `utf8mb4` character set and collation, and that you use the `utf8mb4` character set in the PDO connection string. For an example, see the section on [connecting to and querying a MySQL database](https://phpbestpractices.org/#mysql). This is _critically important_.
+To make sure your strings go from PHP to MySQL as UTF-8, make sure your database and tables are all set to the `utf8mb4` character set and collation, and that you use the `utf8mb4` character set in the PDO connection string. See example code below. This is _critically important_.
 
 Note that you must use the `utf8mb4` character set for complete UTF-8 support, not the `utf8` character set! See Further Reading for why.