Ok де, аз все пак ще споделя евентуалното решение, което ще пробвам сега:

<?php
$strCharSet="cp1251";
$CMysqli = new mysqli($strServer, $strUser, $strUserPassword);
/* check connection */
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
{
printf("Connect failed: %s\n", mysqli_connect_error());
exit();
}
if (!$CMysqli->set_charset($strCharSet))
printf("Error loading character set %s: %s\n", $strCharSet, $CMysqli->error);
$CMysqli->select_db($WorkDatabase);
?>

See, to live is to suffer but to survive. Well that's to find meaning in the suffering.