Mysql - UTF8 ONLY

Configuring MySQL to only use UTF8

Only works for non-super users!!!!!

This is for databases only running UTF8

Edit my.cnf

## [Client] - Add
default-character-set=utf8

## [Mysqld] - Add
default-character-set=utf8
init_connect='SET NAMES utf8'
character-set-server = utf8
collation-server = utf8_general_ci

After edit, check everything is ok

Login via web/console and do the following query:

mysql> show variables like 'character_set%'; show variables like 'collation%';
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| Variable_name            | Value                      |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| character_set_client     | utf8                       |
| character_set_connection | utf8                       |
| character_set_database   | utf8                       |
| character_set_filesystem | binary                     |
| character_set_results    | utf8                       |
| character_set_server     | utf8                       |
| character_set_system     | utf8                       |
| character_sets_dir       | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

+----------------------+-----------------+
| Variable_name        | Value           |
+----------------------+-----------------+
| collation_connection | utf8_general_ci |
| collation_database   | utf8_general_ci |
| collation_server     | utf8_general_ci |
+----------------------+-----------------+

If you do not get the above, then check if you're logging in as admin user (Teh init-command is NOT executed then - must be a non-priviledges user or use SET NAMES utf8 manually if admin)