My MySQL database does not support UTF-8. Do I have a problem?

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My MySQL database does not support UTF-8. Do I have a problem?

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Saturday, 07 October 2006 10:30

No you don't. Versions of MySQL lower than 4.1 do not have built in UTF-8 support. However, Joomla! 1.5 has made provisions for backward compatibility and is able to use UTF-8 on older databases. Let the installer take care of all the settings and there is no need to make any changes to the database (charset, collation, or any other).

Last Updated on Thursday, 08 November 2007 12:39