Will PHP's utf8_encode() remove emojis?

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I have already converted my mysql database/table/columns to utf8mb4 using Mathia's guide: https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/mysql-utf8mb4

I'm scraping instagram results specifically, and using utf8_concode() before persisting.

Does this PHP method support 4 byte emojis? I'm still having trouble rendering the emojis after persistance.

Did you just try passing the emoji directly into the SQL statement? It should encode into the extended UTF format for you. — sjagr, Sep 22 '15 at 15:03
`utf8_encode()` transcodes ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8. instagram.com is served (to me, at least) in UTF-8 already, so there's no need to transcode. — eggyal, Sep 22 '15 at 15:09

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 22 '15 at 18:03

@eggyal is correct. Instagram and other social media outlets already encode the content, there is no reason to double encoded.

Am able to display emojis on my site by:

1) Switching database/table and relevant columns to utf8mb4

2) Not encoding content from instagram

3) Using the https://github.com/twitter/twemoji to display emojis on the page

Oh happy day!

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