{"id":801,"date":"2013-04-13T10:53:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T10:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milesweb.com\/hosting-faqs\/?p=801"},"modified":"2022-04-26T16:39:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T11:09:37","slug":"unicode-format-utf-8-error-when-installing-moodle-manually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/unicode-format-utf-8-error-when-installing-moodle-manually\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Unicode format UTF-8&#8221; error when installing moodle manually"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moodle is an open-source PHP based web application for producing modular internet-based courses that support a modern social constructionist pedagogy. When installing it on your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/\">web hosting<\/a> account manually, you might receive an error as below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is required that you store all your data in Unicode format (UTF-8). New installations must be performed into databases that have their default character set as Unicode. If you are upgrading, you should perform the UTF-8 migration process (see the Admin page).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the error says, issue is with the default character set under your database. To fix it, you will have to change the Collation for your database to utf8_unicode_ci.<\/p>\n<p>Login to your cPanel &amp; access phpMyadmin. Click on the correct database which is being used for installing Moodle.<\/p>\n<p>Click on Operations &amp; select the Collation to <strong>utf8_unicode_ci<\/strong> from the dropdown. Click Go button so that the correct Collation will be applied on the database.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Unicode-format-UTF-8.jpg\" alt=\"Unicode format UTF-8\" width=\"755\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Unicode-format-UTF-8.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Unicode-format-UTF-8-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, try proceeding Moodle installation.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend to use Softaculous (auto installer) to install moodle. It saves your time &amp; installs moodle in few clicks. 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