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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-56362

Workaround for "Error writing to database" saving Unicode emoji.

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    • Resolution: Won't Do
    • Icon: Minor Minor
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    • 3.1.2
    • Database SQL/XMLDB, Language
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    • MOODLE_31_STABLE
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      Apply patch from linked repo, set and add 

      $CFG->mbp4replace = true;

      to config.php.

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      Apply patch from linked repo, set and add $CFG->mbp4replace = true; to config.php.

      On some database configurations, users attempting to post characters outside of the Unicode BMP (16-bit Basic Multilingual Plane - such as emoji) will see an error: "Error writing to database", and their post will be lost (unless they click "back" in their browser).

      Ticket MDL-48228 looks to create a proper fix, but as a workaround we could just strip problematic characters from the post, giving a buggy UX, rather than a useless UX.

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            balchd Dave Balch
            cameron1729 cameron1729
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