Use utf8mb4 as the default character set

Will properly support emojis and other multibyte characters being stored. Laravel implemented as default in 5.4: 9d01389ce3
2018-01-26 09:44:27 -06:00 · 2018-01-26 09:44:27 -06:00 · cf01254b2b
parent 8cb57cf353
commit cf01254b2b
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/config/database.php
+++ b/config/database.php
@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ return [
            'database'  => 'database',
            'username'  => 'root',
            'password'  => '',
-            'charset'   => 'utf8',
-            'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
+            'charset'   => 'utf8mb4',
+            'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
            'prefix'    => '',
        ],