Storing emojis in MySql database. Showing ???

Please update to version 5.0.4 to fix bugs or edit according to the instructions if you are on a lower version

Problems

Showing question mark ??? while storing emoji in a MySQL database.

Solutions

Please update to version 5.0.2 to fix this or follow the instructions below if you are using a lower version

Go to app/Config/Database.php

Replace code

‘charset’ => ‘utf8mb4’,
‘DBCollat’ => ‘utf8mb4_general_ci’,