[TYPO3-core] RFC #7942: Enable UTF-8 by default

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi,

>> great to see this feature coming :-) Thanks.
>>
>> Steffen Gebert schrieb am 10.11.10 12:21:
>>
>>>> $dbConnectionIsUtf8 =
>>>> trim($GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['SYS']['setDBinit'], ' ;') == 'SET
>>>> NAMES utf8' ? TRUE : FALSE;
>>
>> I have seen one TYPO3 installation where setDBinit contained not only
>> the usual and recommended "SET NAMES utf8", but some more
>> configuration options. So this test will fail, even if the db
>> connection is meant to be utf8.
>>
>> Wouldn't it be better to use a regex then?
>>
>
> yes - it's also not ensured this is the first line of the setting, so
> search for contain 'SET NAMES utf8' should be the safe way.

This magic is great but what about non-MySQL databases where "SET NAMES 
utf8" does not make sense?

Xavier