[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21109: maybe_unserialized fails to unserialize multibyte strings (contains solution)

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#21109: maybe_unserialized fails to unserialize multibyte strings (contains
solution)
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 Reporter:  veedeezee               |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General                 |     Version:  3.4
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback  |
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Comment (by SergeyBiryukov):

 Also related: #3517, #8915

 Replying to [comment:3 veedeezee]:
 > This is exactly the case with the DB charset not matching the what is
 specified in wp_config.php

 This doesn't seem like a valid configuration, event if the data is
 readable.

 Perhaps we should try to figure out where the charset difference comes
 from. If that's an old install upgraded from 2.1 or earlier, before
 `DB_CHARSET` constant was introduced, that might explain it.

 In that case, the more correct solution would be to convert the database
 to UTF-8: [[BR]]
 http://codex.wordpress.org/Converting_Database_Character_Sets

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