Why does my website no longer show emojis after a migration?

Question

Why does my website no longer show emojis after a migration?

Answer

The ability to display emojis would generally come from the character set and collation of a database. You may find that after a website migration, this no longer works. The easiest way around this if you create the database first, set the databases' character_set or collation, and then import your database backup. The following must be set for the database's default settings for it to display such content:

character_set = utf8mb4
collation = utf8mb4_unicode_ci

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