1 min readAug 21, 2020
Resolved : codeigniter mysql emoji error
Edit your database.php config file
$db['default']['char_set'] = 'utf8mb4';
$db['default']['dbcollat'] = 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci';
refer : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20681901/how-do-i-store-unicode-emoji-to-mysql-in-codeigniter