Make utf8mb4 default when backing up mysql databases
When i backup database with Plesk (either with Export/Import feature or with Backup Manager), it loses all characters outside Unicode BMP (all characters > 0xFFFF).
It's because mysqldump default charset is utf8, not utf8mb4.
This should be changed, for example, if database contains at least one field with utf8mb4 charset - mysqldump should be run with --default-character-set=utf8mb4 option.
Settings in /etc/mysql/conf.d/mysqldump.cnf are not respected too, it works when i use mysqldump from command-line, but doesn't work when i export or backup db with plesk.
MySQL dump 10.13 Distrib 5.7.25, for Linux (x86_64)
MySQL Server version 5.7.25-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
Plesk version: Plesk Onyx 17.8.11
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Backup should be able to store and retrieve database whatever the charset and encoding !