setAttribute(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY, false); $pdo->exec('ALTER DATABASE '.$database.' CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci'); $key = 'Tables_in_' . $database; foreach ($tables as $table) { $tableName = $table->$key; $pdo->exec('ALTER TABLE '.$tableName.' CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci'); } } /** * Reverse the migrations. * * @return void */ public function down() { $database = DB::getDatabaseName(); $tables = DB::select('SHOW TABLES'); $pdo = DB::getPdo(); $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_USE_BUFFERED_QUERY, false); $pdo->exec('ALTER DATABASE '.$database.' CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci'); $key = 'Tables_in_' . $database; foreach ($tables as $table) { $tableName = $table->$key; $pdo->exec('ALTER TABLE '.$tableName.' CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci'); } } }