OwlCyberSecurity - MANAGER

Edit File: utf8mb4.php

<?php
/**
 * @package   AdminTools
 * @copyright Copyright (c)2010-2017 Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos
 * @license   GNU General Public License version 3, or later
 */

defined('_JEXEC') or die;

/**
 * Allows Joomla! to use MySQL's UTF8MB4 connection type, supporting proper multibyte UTF-8 characters such as Emoji
 */
class AtsystemFeatureUtf8mb4 extends AtsystemFeatureAbstract
{
	protected $loadOrder = 0;

public function onAfterInitialise()
	{
		$db = $this->container->db;

// If it's not MySQL I don't have to do anything at all
		if (stristr($db->name, 'mysql') === false)
		{
			return;
		}

// Get the current collation
		$collation = $db->getCollation();

// If it's not a UTF-8 multibyte (utf8mb4) collation I don't have to do anything at all
		if (substr($collation, 0, 8) != 'utf8mb4_')
		{
			return;
		}

// Try to force a UTF8MB4 connection
		try
		{
			$db->setQuery('SET NAMES utf8mb4 COLLATE ' . $collation)->execute();

return;
		}
		catch (\Exception $e)
		{
			// If we failed don't worry, the next statement will revert the connection to plain old UTF-8
		}

$db->setQuery('SET NAMES utf8')->execute();
	}
}