Set the charset for the SQL connection for new installations

2016-09-01 03:50:41 +00:00
parent 1bfe7b432a
commit 9209d88c4a
3 changed files with 29 additions and 4 deletions
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ $db_user = 'mysqlusername';
 $db_pass = 'mysqlpassword';
 $db_data = 'mysqldatabasename';

+// Set the database connection charset to UTF8.
+// Changing this value will likely corrupt the special characters.
+// You have been warned.
+$a->config['system']['db_charset'] = "utf8mb4";
+
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