Convert the MySQL charset to utf8mb4 to support the full range of unicode characters

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/inc/poche/Database.class.php b/inc/poche/Database.class.php
index dfd7ae34..7aaf9740 100755
--- a/inc/poche/Database.class.php
+++ b/inc/poche/Database.class.php
@@ -24,15 +24,17 @@ class Database {
         switch (STORAGE) {
             case 'sqlite':
                 // Check if /db is writeable
-                if ( !is_writable(STORAGE_SQLITE) || !is_writable(dirname(STORAGE_SQLITE))) {

+                if ( !is_writable(STORAGE_SQLITE) || !is_writable(dirname(STORAGE_SQLITE))) {
                         die('An error occured: "db" directory must be writeable for your web server user!');
                 }
                 $db_path = 'sqlite:' . STORAGE_SQLITE;
                 $this->handle = new PDO($db_path);
                 break;
             case 'mysql':
-                $db_path = 'mysql:host=' . STORAGE_SERVER . ';dbname=' . STORAGE_DB;
-                $this->handle = new PDO($db_path, STORAGE_USER, STORAGE_PASSWORD);
+                $db_path = 'mysql:host=' . STORAGE_SERVER . ';dbname=' . STORAGE_DB . ';charset=utf8mb4';
+                $this->handle = new PDO($db_path, STORAGE_USER, STORAGE_PASSWORD, array(
+                    PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => 'SET NAMES utf8mb4',
+                ));
                 break;
             case 'postgres':
                 $db_path = 'pgsql:host=' . STORAGE_SERVER . ';dbname=' . STORAGE_DB;