Use utf8mb4 as default encoding (#1127)

* Use utf8mb4. * Added comment, added changelog entry. --------- Co-authored-by: jessevz <[email protected]>
hashtopolis · Nov 28, 2024 · 80c8c14 · 80c8c14
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diff --git a/doc/changelog.md b/doc/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # v0.14.3 -> v0.14.4
 
+
+## Enhancements
+
+- Use utf8mb4 as default encoding in order to support the full unicode range
+
 ## Bugfixes
 
 - Fixed a bug where creating a new preprocessor would copy the configured limit command over the configured skip command

diff --git a/src/dba/AbstractModelFactory.class.php b/src/dba/AbstractModelFactory.class.php
@@ -855,7 +855,9 @@ public function getDB($test = false) {
     }
     else {
       global $CONN;
-      $dsn = 'mysql:dbname=' . $CONN['db'] . ";host=" . $CONN['server'] . ";port=" . $CONN['port'] . ";charset=utf8";
+      // The utf8mb4 is here to force php to connect with that encoding, so you can save emoji's or other non ascii chars (specifically, unicode characters outside of the BMP) into the database. 
+      // If you are running into issues with this line, we could make this configurable.
+      $dsn = 'mysql:dbname=' . $CONN['db'] . ";host=" . $CONN['server'] . ";port=" . $CONN['port'] . ";charset=utf8mb4";
       $user = $CONN['user'];
       $password = $CONN['pass'];
     }