How to define the use of utf-8 in Doctrine 2 in Zend Framework application.ini, when using Bisna

Question

The following ZendCasts cast, shows a way to use doctrine 2 in a zend framework environment.
Using this configuration, how can I make the connection use a utf-8 charset

Answer 1

It is possible to add it via application.ini, provided you use ZendX_Doctrine2 (at https://github.com/mridgway/ZendX_Doctrine2) with MySQL.

Then here's the line you need in application.ini:

resources.entitymanagerfactory.connectionOptions.driverOptions.1002 = "SET NAMES utf8"

(1002 == PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND)

Don't forget to correctly set

default-character-set=utf8

in your my.cnf