Question on your response.
You said converting from "convert iso-8859-1 to utf8mb4
But I am already at utf8 general_ci with ubb7.7.3
So is this a little easier at this point
Two attempts on my part have failed.
And since this site works . Is it using utfmb4 now.
And what flavor of utf8mb4 is it using.
Using the browser view source here just shows utf8
The difference between utf8 and utf8mb4 is that the former can only store 3 byte characters, while the latter can store 4 byte characters. In Unicode terms, utf8 can only store characters in the Basic Multilingual Plane, while utf8mb4 can store any Unicode character
https://www.eversql.com/mysql-utf8-vs-utf8mb4-whats-the-difference-between-utf8-and-utf8mb4/