Pain point · Reliability & bugs · Blocks work
Twig error about non-valid UTF-8 string breaks the default index view
1 source thread · first seen 2013-12
Summary
Users get a UTF-8 escaping error in a core template; the forum fix is to set the database charset to utf8 in the config.
- Affects
- Self-hosting admins
- Workaround
- Set charset = utf8 in the [database] config section
Evidence
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“The string to escape is not a valid UTF-8 string in”