CRM-13946: Backport PR #2185: set default database connection to UTF-8

diff --git a/CRM/Core/DAO.php b/CRM/Core/DAO.php
index 2e0f4ab65ac58951238b913b109b1b8de487d65c..9dea4c8676c42c669c29ef1ff6012a5e55c7a365 100644 (file)
--- a/CRM/Core/DAO.php
+++ b/CRM/Core/DAO.php
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ class CRM_Core_DAO extends DB_DataObject {
    */
   function initialize() {
     $this->_connect();
+    $this->query("SET NAMES utf8");
   }
 
   /**