How do I store unicode emoji to MYSQL in CodeIgniter

Question

I'm using codeigniter and trying to save 🚚 to a MYSQL database table

The error i'm getting is

Incorrect string value: '\xF0\x9F\x9A\x9A' for column 'post'

Answer 1

1) Ensure you're using MYSQL 5.5 only then will you be able to change the collation to utf8mb4_something

2) Ensure table columns that are going to receive emoji have their collation set to utf8mb4_something

3) Edit your database.php config file

$db['default']['char_set'] = 'utf8mb4';
$db['default']['dbcollat'] = 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci';

Answer 2

according this link

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://andy-carter.com/blog/saving-emoticons-unicode-from-twitter-to-a-mysql-database

you can set your database char_set to utf8mb4 but all supported emojees are here:

✂️⤵️ ☺️☹️ ✊ ✌✋☝️ ✍❤️⛑ ⛹☘⭐️ ✨ ☄ ☀️ ⛅️ ☁️ ⛈ ⚡️ ❄️ ❄️ ☃ ⛄️ ☂ ☔️ ☕️ ⚽️ ⚾️ ⛳️ ⛷ ⛸ ⛹
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other emojees is not supported by utf8mb4