header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8');

$server = 'fanumdb.mysql.dbaas.com.br';
$username = 'fanumdb';
$password = 'hts31209712';
$database = 'fanumdb';

$this->conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$server;dbname=$database", $username, $password, array(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => "SET NAMES utf8"));

$stmt = $this->conn->prepare('INSERT INTO foo (title, content) VALUES (:title, :content)');

 $stmt->bindParam(':content', utf8_encode($data['content']));
 $stmt->bindParam(':title', utf8_encode($data['title']));

 $stmt->execute();