global $databases;
$databases = array(
    'local' => array
    (
            'host'=>'localhost',
            'port'=>3306,
            'dbname'=>'noticiass',
            'user'=>'root',
            'password'=>''
    )
);

Class mysql
{

    public $query;
    public $data;
    public $result;
    public $rows;
    public $page = 0;
    public $perpage = 10;
    public $current = 1;
    public $url;
    public $link = '';
    public $total = '';
    public $pagination = false;

    protected $config;
    protected $host;
    protected $port;
    protected $user;
    protected $pass;
    protected $dbname;
    protected $con;



    public function __construct()
    {
        try
        {
            #array com dados do banco
            include 'database.conf.php';
            global $databases;
            $this->config = $databases['local'];
            # Recupera os dados de conexao do config
            $this->dbname = $this->config['dbname'];
            $this->host = $this->config['host'];
            $this->port = $this->config['port'];
            $this->user = $this->config['user'];
            $this->pass = $this->config['password'];
            # instancia e retorna objeto
            $this->con = mysql_connect( "$this->host", "$this->user", "$this->pass" );
            mysql_select_db( "$this->dbname" );
            if ( !$this->con )
            {
                throw new Exception( "Falha na conexão MySql com o banco [$this->dbname] em database.conf.php" );
            }
            else
            {
                return $this->con;
            }
            $this->url = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'];
        }
        catch ( Exception $e )
        {
            echo $e->getMessage();
            exit;
        }
        return $this;
    }

    public function query( $query = '' )
    {
        try
        {
            if ( $query == '' )
            {
                throw new Exception( 'mysql query: A query deve ser informada como parâmetro do método.' );
            }
            else
            {
                $this->query = $query;
                if($this->pagination == true){
                    $this->result = mysql_query( $this->query );
                    $this->fetchAll();
                    $this->paginateLink();
                    $this->query .= " LIMIT $this->page, $this->perpage";
                    $this->pagination = false;

                }
                $this->result = mysql_query( $this->query );
            }
        }
        catch ( Exception $e )
        {
            echo $e->getMessage();
            exit;
        }
        return $this;
    }

    public function fetchAll()
    {
        $this->data = "";
        $this->rows = 0;
        while ( $row = mysql_fetch_array( $this->result, MYSQL_ASSOC ) )
        {
            $this->data[] = $row;
        }
        if ( isset( $this->data[0] ) )
        {
            $this->rows = count( $this->data );
        }
        return $this->data;
    }

    public function rowCount()
    {
        return @mysql_affected_rows();
    }

    public function getUrl($perpage)
    {
        $this->url = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
        return $this;
    }
    public function paginate($perpage)
    {
        $this->pagination = true;
        $this->perpage = $perpage;
        return $this;
    }
    public function paginateLink()
    {
        if(!preg_match('/?/',$this->url))
        {
            $this->url .= "?";
        }else{
            $this->url .= "&";
        }
        if ( isset( $_GET['page'] ) )
        {
            $this->current = $_GET['page'];
            $this->page = $this->perpage * $_GET['page'] - $this->perpage;
            if ( $_GET['page'] == 1 )
            {
                $this->page = 0;
            }
        }
        $this->total = $this->rows;
        if ( $this->rows > $this->perpage )
        {
            $this->link = "<div class="pagination"><ul>";
            $prox = "javascript:;";
            $ant = "javascript:;";
            if ( $this->current >= 2 )
            {
                $ant = $this->url."page=" . ($this->current - 1);
            }
            if ( $this->current >= 1 && $this->current < ($this->total / $this->perpage))
            {
                $prox = $this->url."page=" . ($this->current + 1);
            }
            $this->link .= '<li><a href="' . $ant . '">&laquo;</a></li>';
            $from = round( $this->total / $this->perpage );
            if($from == 1){$from++;}

            for ( $i = 1; $i <= $from ; $i++ )
            {
                if ( $this->current == $i )
                {
                    $this->link .= "<li class="active"><a>$i</a></li>n";
                }
                else
                {
                    $this->link .= "<li><a href="".$this->url."page=$i">$i</a></li>n";
                }
            }
            $this->link .= '<li><a href="' . $prox . '">&raquo;</a></li>';
            $this->link .= "</ul>n";
            $this->link .= "</div>n";
        }
        return $this;
    }

    public function cut($str,$chars,$info=  '')
    {
        if ( strlen( $str ) >= $chars )
        {
            $str = preg_replace( '/ss+/', ' ', $str );
            $str = strip_tags( $str );
            $str = preg_replace( '/ss+/', ' ', $str );
            $str = substr( $str, 0, $chars );
            $str = preg_replace( '/ss+/', ' ', $str );
            $arr = explode( ' ', $str );
            array_pop( $arr );
            //$arr = preg_replace('/&nbsp;/i',' ',$arr);
            $final = implode( ' ', $arr ) . $info;
        }
        else
        {
            $final = $str;
        }
        return $final;
    }

}

CREATE TABLE minhatabela (
   id BIGINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
   titulo varchar(300) DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB CHARACTER SET=utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;

$conn = new PDO('mysql:host=HOST;dbname=BANCO;charset=utf-8', 'USUARIO', 'SENHA');
$conn->exec('SET CHARACTER SET utf8');//Define o charset como UTF-8

$mysqli = new mysqli('HOST', 'usuario', 'senha', 'banco');

if ($mysqli->connect_error) {
    printf('Erro de conexão: %s', $mysqli->connect_errno);
    exit;
}

/*
 * compatibilidade para to 5.2.9 and 5.3.0.
 */
if (mysqli_connect_error()) {
    printf('Erro de conexão: %s', mysqli_connect_error());
    exit;
}

if (false === $mysqli->set_charset('utf8')) {
    printf('Error ao usar utf8: %s', $mysqli->error);
    exit;
}

<?php
$link = mysqli_connect('HOST', 'usuario', 'senha', 'banco');

if (mysqli_connect_error()) {
    printf('Erro de conexão: %s', mysqli_connect_error());
    exit;
}

if (!mysqli_set_charset($link, 'utf8')) {
    printf('Error ao usar utf8: %s', mysqli_error($link));
    exit;
}

<?php
header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8');

echo 'Conteudo';

<meta charset="UTF-8">