23 Sep 2015

Fixing an unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci' error

I've been trying to migrate a wordpress site onto a very old IIS server, and keep coming up with an error when importing the database into phpMyAdmin:

#1273 - Unknown collation: 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci'

Fortunately the issue is fairly easy to fix. In phpMyAdmin of the source website:

  1. Click the "Export" tab for the database
  2. Click the "Custom" radio button
  3. Go the section titled "Format-specific options" and change the dropdown for "Database system or older MySQL server to maximize output compatibility with:" from NONE to MYSQL40.
  4. Scroll to the bottom and click "GO".
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