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MySQL Error 1366: Incorrect string value¶
ExpressionEngine returns the following error: “MySQL Error 1366: Incorrect string value: ‘xF0x9Fx98x9B’ for column ‘field_id_1’.”
Troubleshooting¶
This error happens when ExpressionEngine tries to save content with an emoji to
the database, and that database is not using the utf8mb4 character set. Use
our Emoji Suport add-on to update
your database.