<?php
$bd_host = "localhost";
$bd_user = "simulado_bd"; // Usuário do Banco de Dados
$bd_pass = "********"; // Senha do Bando de Dados
$bd_bd = "simulado_bd"; // Nome do Banco de Dados
$conectar = mysql_connect($bd_host, $bd_user, $bd_pass) or die (mysql_error());
mysql_select_db($bd_bd, $conectar);
mysql_query('SET CHARACTER SET utf8');

mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
mysql_query('SET character_set_connection=utf8');
mysql_query('SET character_set_client=utf8');
mysql_query('SET character_set_results=utf8');

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

<meta charset="utf-8" />

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

*header('Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1');*