Samuel Wood (Otto) on "Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
mctenold: Yes, it is. Because the limited utf8 character set is going away. Not using it anymore is the only long term solution you will find. Update or get left behind. That's the bottom line. The...
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I don't have any control over my clients hosting plan/server. I can't control what MySQL version is on my clients production server. So that is not a fix.
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I don't have any control over my clients hosting plan/server. I can't control what MySQL version is on my clients production server. You could copy/paste that and it would apply to so many of the...
View ArticleSamuel Wood (Otto) on "Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
You don't have control, but you do have a voice. Tell people about the problem, and encourage updating. That's all any of us can do.
View Articlejtleathers on "Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
Thanks for pointing out the obvious and then admitting that it's not even a real solution. Have anything useful to contribute yet?
View Articlemctenold on "Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
Does this guy actually work for Wordpress? If so, this explains everything. I don't thing he really understands the issue.
View ArticleSamuel Wood (Otto) on "Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
I do understand the issue, completely. However, what you're not getting is that continuing to use old systems is a security problem. Look, I grasp that this makes life harder. Especially if you're used...
View Articlemctenold on "Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
I guess I don't really get your content argument. I don't know one person that installs Wordpress(as in clicks through the fresh installation process where it creates the database tables) directly on a...
View ArticleSamuel Wood (Otto) on "Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
"Things", yes. "Content", no. Things are code. Content is actual content in the database. You don't have the same user accounts and passwords on the test systems. You don't have the same posts on them...
View Articlemctenold on "Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
I don't think I'm crazy for not installing Wordpress directly on the production server. I've never done that, nor has anyone I've ever worked with. I think we are going in circles here and we're going...
View ArticleSamuel Wood (Otto) on "Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
I guess it depends on what you think of as "production". We run WordPress here, in what I would consider "production". We don't write our posts somewhere else first and then copy them onto the website....
View Articlemctenold on "Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
Production to me is the client's server, where the site will be live. A lot of times in my work, there's already a site there, perhaps not Wordpress, but there's already a live production site there...
View ArticleSamuel Wood (Otto) on "Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
That's fair enough, and I don't disagree with any particular part of it. So, your test or development or staging system should be as close to the actual system as possible. Meaning: Install the same...
View ArticleDrProtocols on "Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
@Otto - I really think that you and WordPress.org in general are _still_ missing the point. Perhaps an analogy might help you. Suppose you were working on an important document for a client and you...
View ArticleSamuel Wood (Otto) on "Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'"
Clearly, this thread no longer is accomplishing anything of value here. This is a support forum. Support has been provided. If all you want to do is complain about the issue, then this is the wrong...
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Thanks laliz, I temporarily set wp_debug to "true" to see & print errors. I can't look at error.logs for some reason. My error list refers, for example, to "undefined variable: control ops in...
View Articlebkeefe on "[Plugin: Jetpack] Publicize causing me to have to restart server...
When a new blog entry gets posted with Publicize enabled, I begin to get a database connection error when trying to connect to my website. It resolves if I restart the web server. Has anyone else had...
View Articleprepare is not working like mysql_real_escape_string"">thamaraiselvam on "$wpdb->prepare is not working like mysql_real_escape_string"
I'm working on a WordPress plugin and recently I have planned to migrate from SQL to $wpdb. I'm using a method called $wpdb->prepare instead of mysql_real_escape_string but it does not work. Here is...
View Articlebyingeborg on "How to install locally with remote database"
Hi there! I read this article: http://chipcullen.com/developing-a-wordpress-site-locally-on-more-than-one-computer/ and I'm trying to follow the steps. I'm really close, but I just can't connect to my...
View Articlebyingeborg on "How to install locally with remote database"
For anyone interested, I solved this issue myself like this: Connect to phpmyAdmin and run this script: SHOW VARIABLES WHERE Variable_name = 'hostname' Copy the URL/database url there and use it as...
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