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hypejunction/elgg-mb4
=====================

Adds multibyte (emoji) support

2.0.0(6y ago)1341GPL-2.0PHPPHP >=7.0

Since Feb 14Pushed 6y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/hypeJunction/elgg-mb4)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/hypejunction/elgg-mb4)[ Docs](http://hypejunction.com)[ RSS](/packages/hypejunction-elgg-mb4/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago

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Multibyte Support
=================

[](#multibyte-support)

[![Elgg 2.3](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cfd1f9530e267f480ce207ec10333e3a5ffc64bd5e292306d6431ec406aee1d4/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d322e332e782d6f72616e67652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cfd1f9530e267f480ce207ec10333e3a5ffc64bd5e292306d6431ec406aee1d4/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f456c67672d322e332e782d6f72616e67652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)

**BACKUP YOUR DATABASE BEFORE DOING ANYTHING WITH THIS PLUGIN**

**FOR EXPERIENCED DEVELOPERS ONLY**

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Alters database table encoding to utf8mb4 to support emojis

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

After enabling the plugin, run the Upgrade from Admin dashboard.

In `composer.json` of your project root, add:

```
{
    "autoload": {
        "psr-4": {
            "Elgg\\": "mod/elgg-mb4/classes/Elgg/"
        }
    }
}
```

You can also use the autoload option to specify a path to a different version of the Database class that corresponds to your Elgg version.

Important
---------

[](#important)

This plugin hijacks the Elgg Database class to override the hardcoded encoding - very unconventional approach, but the encoding is hardcoded in core files. Therefore, you must make sure the Database class in this plugin corresponds to the core Database class in your Elgg version.

**If you don't know what this means and entails, don't use this plugin**

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~55 days

Total

4

Last Release

2474d ago

Major Versions

1.0.2 → 2.0.02019-07-31

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5071b1cd852e094b3f564962a625e04c227adc73af30c5b46b243ab8f20154a7?d=identicon)[hypeJunction](/maintainers/hypeJunction)

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Top Contributors

[![hypeJunction](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1202761?v=4)](https://github.com/hypeJunction "hypeJunction (2 commits)")

---

Tags

plugindatabaseelgg

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