# phpman > perldoc > DBM_Filter::utf8

## NAME
    [DBM_Filter::utf8](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/DBMFilter%3A%3Autf8/markdown) - filter for DBM_Filter

## SYNOPSIS
        use SDBM_File; # or DB_File, GDBM_File, NDBM_File, or ODBM_File
        use DBM_Filter;

        $db = tie %hash, ...
        $db->Filter_Push('utf8');

## DESCRIPTION
    This Filter will ensure that all data written to the DBM will be encoded in UTF-8.

    This module uses the Encode module.

## SEE ALSO
    DBM_Filter, perldbmfilter, Encode

## AUTHOR
    Paul Marquess <pmqs@cpan.org>