[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress Trac] #6346: Upgrade DB tables to utf8mb4

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#6346: Upgrade DB tables to utf8mb4
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 Reporter:  DJPaul               |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  2.4
Component:  Component - Any/All  |     Version:
 Severity:  major                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback         |
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Changes (by wpdennis):

 * cc: mail@… (added)
 * keywords:   => dev-feedback


Comment:

 Didn't want to open a new ticket, but I think Emojii support is more than
 an enhancement and kind of necessary to prevent unexpected behaviour.

 If someone is posting content with Emojies in e.g. bbpress,
 ''$wpdb->query()'' returns false and BuddyPress fails silently without
 creating the activity in ''BP_Activity_Activity->save()'':

 {{{
 if ( false === $wpdb->query( $q ) ) {
     return false;
 }
 }}}

 So, in cases where Emojis are "injected" by bp_activity_add() BuddyPress
 doesn't work as expected. Depending on the level of usage of activites
 (e.g. "What's new?" widgets), this could be an issue.

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