We could be more specific re: what type of exception we want to catch.

diff --git a/CRM/Utils/Check/Component/Env.php b/CRM/Utils/Check/Component/Env.php
index fdcbaa802ecec32aa501dd0551d7bf5f05ce70e1..b1bff1e3ea20251c8f7a72a60ae739b2aa7d7fe5 100644 (file)
--- a/CRM/Utils/Check/Component/Env.php
+++ b/CRM/Utils/Check/Component/Env.php
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ class CRM_Utils_Check_Component_Env extends CRM_Utils_Check_Component {
       CRM_Core_DAO::executeQuery('CREATE TABLE civicrm_utf8mb4_test (id VARCHAR(255), PRIMARY KEY(id(255))) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC ENGINE=INNODB');
       CRM_Core_DAO::executeQuery('DROP table civicrm_utf8mb4_test');
     }
-    catch (Exception $e) {
+    catch (PEAR_Exception $e) {
       $messages[] = new CRM_Utils_Check_Message(
         __FUNCTION__,
         ts('Future versions of CiviCRM may require MySQL utf8mb4 support. It is recommended, though not yet required, to configure your MySQL server for utf8mb4 support. You will need the following MySQL server configuration: innodb_large_prefix=true innodb_file_format=barracuda innodb_file_per_table=true'),