Cannot activate plugin

[extrakun]

Hi, I am trying out this sample plugin, but it cannot be activated. Using WordPress 4.2.4, and MySQL 5.6.25

The error message is:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1253 COLLATION 'utf8_unicode_ci' is not valid for CHARACTER SET 'utf8mb4'' in C:\Users\extrakun\Dropbox\jobboard\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\wordpress-socializr-master\vendor\illuminate\database\Connectors\MySqlConnector.php:38 Stack trace: #0 C:\Users\extrakun\Dropbox\jobboard\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\wordpress-socializr-master\vendor\illuminate\database\Connectors\MySqlConnector.php(38): PDO->prepare('set names 'utf8...') #1 C:\Users\extrakun\Dropbox\jobboard\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\wordpress-socializr-master\vendor\illuminate\database\Connectors\ConnectionFactory.php(59): Illuminate\Database\Connectors\MySqlConnector->connect(Array) #2 C:\Users\extrakun\Dropbox\jobboard\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\wordpress-socializr-master\vendor\illuminate\database\Connectors\ConnectionFactory.php(48): Illuminate\Database\Connectors\ConnectionFactory->createSingleConnection(Array) #3 C:\Users\extrakun\Dropbox\job in C:\Users\extrakun\Dropbox\jobboard\wordpress\wp-content\plugins\wordpress-socializr-master\vendor\illuminate\database\Connectors\MySqlConnector.php on line 38

[alies-dev]

as temporary solution you can change your WP constant DB_CHARSET to :

define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4');

or

define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci');

[fabiangarga]

I don't think the temporary define on wordpress will fix it, i had the same error.
You have to change HerbertServiceProvider.php that's located on /vendor/getherbert/framework/Herbert/Framework/Providers, there's a line that set the collation, on my version on line 128 you need to change it to utf8mb4_unicdeo_ci or another utf8mb4.

Hope it helps, today i downloaded the framework, hope to learn some stuff.
Cheers

[PrafullaKumarSahu]

@fabiangarga this does not work for me .

[PrafullaKumarSahu]

@lptn your solution too does not work for me .

[jebog]

Any solution for this issue ?

[jebog]

You should set DB_COLLATE in your wp-config to utf8mb4_unicode_ci

[rameshelamathi]

Here is the solution:

Edit wp-config.php

And set DB_CHARSET and DB_COLLATION like below

define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4');

define('DB_COLLATE', 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci');