Code:
libraries/joomla/database/database/mysql.php
or (depending on your setting)
Code:
libraries/joomla/database/database/mysqli.php
comment the line 186
Code:
return ($verParts[0] == 5 || ($verParts[0] == 4 && $verParts[1] == 1 && (int)$verParts[2] >= 2));
and add this instead(assuming these days you'll have unicode supported database:
Code:
return (1);
the code looks like:
Code:
function hasUTF()
{
$verParts = explode( '.', $this->getVersion() );
// return ($verParts[0] == 5 || ($verParts[0] == 4 && $verParts[1] == 1 && (int)$verParts[2] >= 2));
return (1);
}