ERROR 1366 (HY000): Incorrect string value: '\xF0\x9F\x98\x9C' for column 'comment' at row 1

Question

Here\'s my sql:

INSERT INTO comments (createdate,userid,profileid,comment,status) 
VALUES (1449503167,65704,65704,\'@Mr_S66 Wish I was There For The Xmas Par         


        

Answer 1

Change connection to mysql from "SET NAMES utf8" to "SET NAMES utf8mb4"

In PHP, use mysqli_set_charset to add charset, https://www.w3schools.com/php/func_mysqli_set_charset.asp

$conn = mysqli_connect("localhost","my_user","my_password","my_db");
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
   echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}

// Change character set to utf8
mysqli_set_charset($conn, ”utf8mb4”);

Or if you are in NodeJS, (This is extra information, just in case)

db_config = {  
    host: "localhost",
    user: "user",
    password: "password",    
    database: "mydb",  
    charset: "utf8mb4_unicode_ci"
}
var conn = mysql.createConnection(db_config)

Also, make sure the column of the table and the Table itself is of same uf8mb4 encoding.

ALTER TABLE my_table CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;

ALTER TABLE my_table
   CHANGE COLUMN my_column my_column TEXT
   CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;