@tomas.andrasko - jsem si vědom odstranění kontroly v util.php a možných dalších “škod”,
šlo mi hlavně o posun někam dále, také vím o rozdílné cestě a chybějícím souboru utf8mb4,
postupoval jsem spíše metodou pokus-omyl, mariadb asi podporuje mraky kódování
viz výpis jen utf8:
MariaDB [(none)]> SHOW COLLATION LIKE 'utf8%';
+------------------------------+---------+------+---------+----------+---------+
| Collation | Charset | Id | Default | Compiled | Sortlen |
+------------------------------+---------+------+---------+----------+---------+
| utf8_general_ci | utf8 | 33 | Yes | Yes | 1 |
| utf8_bin | utf8 | 83 | | Yes | 1 |
| utf8_unicode_ci | utf8 | 192 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_icelandic_ci | utf8 | 193 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_latvian_ci | utf8 | 194 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_romanian_ci | utf8 | 195 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_slovenian_ci | utf8 | 196 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_polish_ci | utf8 | 197 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_estonian_ci | utf8 | 198 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_spanish_ci | utf8 | 199 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_swedish_ci | utf8 | 200 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_turkish_ci | utf8 | 201 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_czech_ci | utf8 | 202 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_danish_ci | utf8 | 203 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_lithuanian_ci | utf8 | 204 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_slovak_ci | utf8 | 205 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_spanish2_ci | utf8 | 206 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_roman_ci | utf8 | 207 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_persian_ci | utf8 | 208 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_esperanto_ci | utf8 | 209 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_hungarian_ci | utf8 | 210 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_sinhala_ci | utf8 | 211 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_german2_ci | utf8 | 212 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_croatian_mysql561_ci | utf8 | 213 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_unicode_520_ci | utf8 | 214 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_vietnamese_ci | utf8 | 215 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_general_mysql500_ci | utf8 | 223 | | Yes | 1 |
| utf8_croatian_ci | utf8 | 576 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_myanmar_ci | utf8 | 577 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_thai_520_w2 | utf8 | 578 | | Yes | 4 |
| utf8_general_nopad_ci | utf8 | 1057 | | Yes | 1 |
| utf8_nopad_bin | utf8 | 1107 | | Yes | 1 |
| utf8_unicode_nopad_ci | utf8 | 1216 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8_unicode_520_nopad_ci | utf8 | 1238 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_general_ci | utf8mb4 | 45 | Yes | Yes | 1 |
| utf8mb4_bin | utf8mb4 | 46 | | Yes | 1 |
| utf8mb4_unicode_ci | utf8mb4 | 224 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_icelandic_ci | utf8mb4 | 225 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_latvian_ci | utf8mb4 | 226 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_romanian_ci | utf8mb4 | 227 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_slovenian_ci | utf8mb4 | 228 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_polish_ci | utf8mb4 | 229 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_estonian_ci | utf8mb4 | 230 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_spanish_ci | utf8mb4 | 231 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_swedish_ci | utf8mb4 | 232 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_turkish_ci | utf8mb4 | 233 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_czech_ci | utf8mb4 | 234 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_danish_ci | utf8mb4 | 235 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_lithuanian_ci | utf8mb4 | 236 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_slovak_ci | utf8mb4 | 237 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_spanish2_ci | utf8mb4 | 238 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_roman_ci | utf8mb4 | 239 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_persian_ci | utf8mb4 | 240 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_esperanto_ci | utf8mb4 | 241 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_hungarian_ci | utf8mb4 | 242 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_sinhala_ci | utf8mb4 | 243 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_german2_ci | utf8mb4 | 244 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_croatian_mysql561_ci | utf8mb4 | 245 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci | utf8mb4 | 246 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci | utf8mb4 | 247 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_croatian_ci | utf8mb4 | 608 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_myanmar_ci | utf8mb4 | 609 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_thai_520_w2 | utf8mb4 | 610 | | Yes | 4 |
| utf8mb4_general_nopad_ci | utf8mb4 | 1069 | | Yes | 1 |
| utf8mb4_nopad_bin | utf8mb4 | 1070 | | Yes | 1 |
| utf8mb4_unicode_nopad_ci | utf8mb4 | 1248 | | Yes | 8 |
| utf8mb4_unicode_520_nopad_ci | utf8mb4 | 1270 | | Yes | 8 |
+------------------------------+---------+------+---------+----------+---------+
67 rows in set (0.00 sec)
takže asi přepnutí na něco jiného nebo symlink by neměl být problém…
Bohužel nejsem programátor, ani správce databáze a tyto věci se spíše učím za pochodu.
Proto jsem popsal co jsem zkusil a doufal že se toho taky někdo ujme a bude pokračovat.
@miska - reinstall nepomohl, stále stejné…