Title: WordPress database error: [Unknown character set: 'UTF']
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress database error: [Unknown character set: 'UTF']

 *  Resolved [Escarlate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/escarlate/)
 * (@escarlate)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-unknown-character-set-utf/)
 * Hello,
    after updating wp-config.php with my datas, define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wb46103’);
   define(‘DB_USER’, ‘wb46103’); define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxxxxxxx’); define(‘DB_HOST’,‘
   localhost’); define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘UTF-8’); define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ‘localhost’);
 * define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
    define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’,‘
   put your unique phrase here’); define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase
   here’); define(‘NONCE_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
 * I tried to install WP by running **wp-admin/install.php** with Chrome or IE8 
   and I always get trouble :
 * WordPress database error: [Unknown character set: ‘UTF’]
    CREATE TABLE vd_terms(
   term_id bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, name varchar(200) NOT NULL
   default ”, slug varchar(200) NOT NULL default ”, term_group bigint(10) NOT NULL
   default 0, PRIMARY KEY (term_id), UNIQUE KEY slug (slug), KEY name (name) ) DEFAULT
   CHARACTER SET UTF-8 COLLATE localhost
 * for all tables ???
 * I’va installed WP in the server within this structure : /SiteWP/
    /SiteWP/wp-
   admin/ /SiteWP/wp-content/ //SiteWP/wp-includes/
 * What can I do ?
    Thank you for your help. Regards Escarlate

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 *  [s_ha_dum](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apljdi/)
 * (@apljdi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-unknown-character-set-utf/#post-2081453)
 * `define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');` See [http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php)
 *  Thread Starter [Escarlate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/escarlate/)
 * (@escarlate)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-unknown-character-set-utf/#post-2081503)
 * Thank you so much…
    It’s running perfectly ! best regards

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 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-unknown-character-set-utf/#post-2081503)
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