如何让我的查询读信（Ñ）

my query filtration wont filter names with letter(Ñ) in there names....can anyone help me make my query read and filter names with letter(Ñ) on it...please.

everytime theres an Ñ on there name my query will read it as a null.

current code:

<form>
<input type="text" name="search" id="query"/>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){

    $("#query").autocomplete({
        source : 'search.php',
        select : function(event,ui){
            $("#query").html(ui.item.value);
        }
    });

});
</script>

search.php code:

<?php

$q = $_GET['term'];

mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
mysql_select_db("klayton");
$query = mysql_query("SELECT name 
FROM tb_applicants
WHERE name LIKE '$q%'");

$data = array();
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
$data[]=array('value'=>$row['name']);
}
echo json_encode($data);
?>

add this before you run your query;

mysql_query("SET NAMES utf8");

change the encoding and collation of your table and column to utf8 - utf8_general_ci

change your php like this to avoid sending empty values:

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)){
if(!empty($row['name']))
$data[]=array('value'=>$row['name']);
}